The Reasons to Purchase a Lotus Sculpture
Lotus Sculpture first
started our company on the premises of providing the artists of
developing countries with a renewable source of income allowing them to
continue their traditions of bronze, wood, marble and stone art that
they
have been practicing for centuries and hopefully make the industry and
tradition thrive once again.
How do we do help keep
the artistic traditions alive and well?
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1. Lotus
Sculpture works
directly with the village artists who are producing each piece. We do
not work with any middle men.
2. We select only the best statues from every artist.
This drives up the quality of what each artists produces. Each
artists knows that Lotus Sculpture only buys the premier pieces.
Over the years we have noticed a sharp increases in overall quality
of the statues.
3. We bring a world market to small villages. We communicate
to the artist what our customers want to purchase and the artists
are much more in touch with the world market.
4. We purchase many statues from each artist. This allows each
individual artist to have a steady income, to concentrate on quality
rather than quantity and it creates a need for more workers.
This means that more young men are learning the trade. Thus
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Direct Results:
Since Lotus Sculpture has opened in 2003 we have seen 3 of our best
artisans who were once working under other less promising circumstances
thrive under the patronage of Lotus Sculpture.
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In south India, Balan,
Lotus Sculpture's marble artist, started his first workshop with only 2 marble artists. He now
has 4 marble artists and has also started a stone workshop which now
employees 26 men. Lotus Sculpture purchases 100% of what Balan
sells.
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here to see Balan's Indian marble statues>>> |
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Suri was the
manager of a large bronze retailer. After meeting me in India for
the first time in 2003 he went back to his artistic roots and has
since started a small collective of bronze artisans. Lotus
Sculpture is the main buyer of Suri and his fellow artisans'
bronzes. Because of the regular income from Lotus Sculpture’s
purchases, the collective is now recognized by the government and is
able to apply for government loans. The high price of bronze often
makes it difficult for the average bronze artisan to purchase the
raw bronze needed for their sculptures. The loans ease this
burden. He now has 10 bronze workers under his care.
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here to view some of Suri's bronze statues>>> |
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In Bangladesh Sukanta
took over the workshop from his father in 2002 with only 4 bronze
workers producing Pala style bronzes in the entire country.
I visited him first in 2003. Since then with Lotus Sculpture
steadily buying statues every year he now has 22 workers!
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here to view Sukanta's Pala bronze statues>>> |
The Benefits of Lotus
Sculpture to you?
1. Quality!
We provide you with the best sculpture available! We only pick the
best pieces from each artist. This gives you confidence that you
are buying the best sculpture India, Thailand and Bangladesh has to
offer.
2. Confidence! We only buy pieces that are hand made
and continuing centuries old artistic traditions. We do not deal
in machine cast, copies. Many companies mix in machine cast rip
offs with their lost wax method pieces. All our bronzes are worthy
of worship in temples and are made of panchaloha or 5 metal bronze.
Click here to
learn about the difference between a Lotus Sculpture and a machine cast
copy>>>
3. Ease of purchase. Anyone who has been to India
knows the bureaucracy involved in anything that the government has its
hand . In order to export a bronze statue you first must obtain a
certificate from the archeology
department of India which can take several months. You then must
trust the artist to ship the sculpture over seas. This often takes months and a lot of worry
and hassle. All our statues are available in our warehouse or
store ready for immediate shipping to you. No hassle. No
worries.
4. Direct Trade. You can feel happy about the fact
that you are helping small village artisans continue century old
traditions by dealing with a company that does not use middle men.
5. Value. Lotus Sculptures bronze pieces are hand
made pieces worthy of worship. They are also beautiful works of
art that can be valued by your family for generations to come!
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