Birgit Stauch Artist

Eskimo Buddha

2009-10-03T00:32:00.001-07:00

I was commissioned in 2006 to make this bronze which subsequently became the centerpiece symbol of Eskimo Buddhism. This piece is some 12 cm high, 14cm wide and 10 cm deep. The clients have asked me to do a smaller bronze version and a Lady Eskimo Buddha as well as Baby Eskimo Buddha which I will post pictures of in the next few weeks.

When I asked what Eskimo Buddhism was I was intrigued by the explanation. Eskimo Buddhism is a state of mind, I was told, where non religious beliefs and practices transcend traditional Budhhism.

In effect, it is a modern 'protestant' form of Buddhism without the limitations formal buddhist religious belief and promotes belief in good luck, ethical conduct, loyalty to fellow man, woman and child, family, love, happiness, positive leadership, accumulation of fortune, physical exercise, simple living, altruistic behavior, ethical conduct to name but a few.

Could I be an Eskimo Buddha?

Nomad

2009-08-07T06:37:00.000-07:00

With a girlfriend of mine, while travelling, we saw this man, a nomad, a bedoun, every morning baking bread, the stick was used for fetching the flatbread from the top of the coals where it baked for but a short time. The peacefulness of this century old way of baking inspired me...

Sensuality

2009-08-07T05:56:00.000-07:00

What is this beautiful woman reading?

The coat left behind...

2009-08-07T05:11:00.000-07:00

These two images are from the Freiburg Holocaust Memorial on the Wiwili bridge in the center of this southwestern German city. The monument commemorates the deportation of 400 Jewish men and women to the Gurs concentration camp in Southern France which was an interim holding facility for Jews in transit to Auschwitz.

Guepard

2009-08-07T04:55:00.000-07:00

This creation is all about speed. Am fascinated by the fact that this land mammal is the fastest on earth.