'Spiritual Buddha' Antiqued Bronze Bust Sculpture

I love art and art history! Recently I got a 'Spiritual Buddha' Antiqued Bronze Bust Sculpture for my living room from Novica. 

Travis works in bronze, so I have a strong appreciation for the medium. It's what this Buddha is made of. This sculpture is hallowed out, so it isn't super heavy. That makes it easy to move it from one spot to another in our house. 

Size: 

9.75" H x 3.7" W x 3.5" D

Cost:

$52.95, but on sale for $39.99

I feel like it changes it's appearance when the background, or lighting changes. The coloring of the sculpture is slightly different because each one is made by the artist Adi Noviantara. 'Spiritual Buddha' certainly doesn't come out of a factory.

This statue adds a lot to my living room. I have old world looking furniture, so it fits really well. I love the look of it against our red wall!

I love what the Buddha stands for - purity. It makes me feel happy when I look at it.

 About the artist:

It's designed and created by the very talented Adi Noviantara. I love how the artist is given credit. The Buddha comes with a little book that talks about Adi Noviantara's vision when creating this bronze art piece.

'It is my duty to make my children happy and proud of me. I want them to see I am working hard for them, and as best as I can. This gives me a stronger spirit to strive harder. Being a hero for my family is my dream, and in my life time it is more valuable than money. My name is I Nyoman Adi Noviantara, and for me, hard work and commitment are words that motivate me to keep on working hard for my children's lives and offer them a better future.'

I think this is a great buy for anyone, but especially art enthusiasts, or someone searching for global happiness and purity in their life.

Discaimer: I received this statue at a discount for the purpose of this review. The opinions are 100% mine.

Uncommon

Last night I picked out $50 worth of stuff at Uncommon Goods. I won a $50 Gift Certificate through Jumpin Beans. They have great products that are upcycled, artist made and just plain cool! The only downfall is that some of their things are higher priced because of the custom factor.

You would think all shopping would be over. NOPE! I have one nephew that has a birthday on Christmas Eve, my niece had a birthday yesterday and another nephew with a birthday in January. This time of year is spend, spend, spend.

I already took care of my nephew that had a birthday on Christmas Eve. We got him a microscope set at Costco.

My nephew that is in sixth grade is getting this:

He wanted a bonsai tree kit. I found a really good one here. His Mom, my sister is picking up the bonsai scissors. It's kind of odd the kit came with everything, but them. This is the best, affordable kit I could find.

On to Uncommon Goods. My one and only niece in high school wanted this:

I got it for her room. We always celebrate her birthday with her brothers in January. That way it's a little further from Christmas.

That clock wasn't the full $50, so I picked out a few other things.

Socks for me. I just love the mismatched socks they have:

I looked at socks for my nephew Emerson to. They were kind of expensive, he got some socks for Christmas, Aunt Terra says some socks are too tight around the top part and lets face it if they don't work for him online stuff is harder to return. So I refrained from the cuteness of these tube socks:

Instead I finished off my $50 with a book for my Dad. I'll give it to him in March for his birthday.

The book is both funny and true. My Dad always says, "You can tell a lot about your poop." It's gross, but so true. He also has told me, "If your pee is very yellow you need to drink more water!" After I had kids poop and pee are ok to talk about. Heck I had to describe poop to the doctors when each of my kids were in the hospital and weigh each of their pee diapers. Isaak insists I say, "Goodbye" to his poop when it's flushed down. It's just part of being a mom.

Art Theft

• The gallery where Daddy's sculptures sit got robbed on Friday. Daddy didn't get anything robbed from him. If his jewelry was in there, he more then likely would have gotten that stolen.
• My heart sunk for the jewelry artist who got most of her inventory taken! She has a big show coming up in a few months. The theft could have ripped apart her pieces, to sell off everything for money. :( 
• The only good thing that came of it, was that the gallery was exposed on the news. Some people do not know where it is.
• Mica must have been listening to us talk about this. He said in the car, "I'm thinking that the person who took that artwork was bad. If I had to guess, the robber was a bad cop." 
• Daddy and I were doing our best not to laugh. Mica sounded so grown up talking. He made up a whole scenario in his mind as to how the robbery went down.

• Natural Momma is hosting a $50 gift certificate to Novica. I love this store! 
• Everything is artist made. I like most places that support artists, and handmade items!