Mr. B was the special guest at a reception in a private home this morning. At this event, Christopher Slatoff presented him with a sculpture. He called it a pieta of Ray's father, as the Illustrated Man, carrying a young Ray with 3D tattoos on Father Electrico's back. Being that this was in a private residence, I did not bring my camera so these are low-resolution cell phone pictures. I may have been the only person in attendance who did not have a camera. I hope that somebody will email me better images for postings.

The final sculpture will be over 7-feet tall and in bronze. A final place for the sculpture is still in the works.

FatherElectricoCrop.jpg (112 Kb, 32 downloads)

jkt: Google 'Christopher Slatoff' and you'll see the Christian sculptures he's done for Churches in Southern California. He must have an enduring love of Ray's work to take on such a definitive project. And such a marvelous depiction he has chosen!

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Originally posted by Nard Kordell:
jkt: Google 'Christopher Slatoff' and you'll see the Christian sculptures he's done for Churches in Southern California. He must have an enduring love of Ray's work to take on such a definitive project. And such a marvelous depiction he has chosen!

His website is slatoffsculpture.com

Nard: You'd have really enjoyed this event.

I had promised better photos of Father Electrico.

FatherElectrico_01.JPG (80 Kb, 24 downloads) Back

Thigh

FatherElectrico_02.JPG (76 Kb, 18 downloads)

Ankle

FatherElectrico_03.JPG (58 Kb, 20 downloads)

At the birthday, Christopher approached us about perhaps shooting a documentary on his project - thanks jkt for that connection.

Thigh is a good word.

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
Thigh is a good word.

Hind-quarter would have been better? Gluteus Maximus sounds more like a Greek statue. ;-}

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Originally posted by jkt:
Hind-quarter would have been better?

Hind-quarter is a good word/term.

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Originally posted by jkt:
Gluteus Maximus sounds more like a Greek statue.

Third funniest thing I've heard in awhile!

(I don't know - that George Clayton Thomas thing was pretty good)

Shank!

Callipygian?

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:

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Originally posted by jkt:
Gluteus Maximus sounds more like a Greek statue.

Third funniest thing I've heard in awhile!

(I don't know - that George Clayton Thomas thing was pretty good)

What can I say? I was a fan of Blood, Sweat and Tears.

According to Ray Bradbury's description, I understand that Mr. Electrico was a defrocked Presbyterian minister. Does anyone know why this Mr. Electrico was thrown out of the Presbyterian priesthood?