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I was thinking I could make something as a message to the future.
The final piece was actually this. I call it "Emerge."
It's coming out from the stone because
I was hoping that my country
can emerge from this difficult situation.
It was February, Monday morning when I came here around 10:30AM.
We found the piece was on the ground and it was wrapped with some towel.
So you couldn't really see until you opened it, but I can imagine something happened to her.
When I opened, it was destroyed.
I saw her nose broken and her head was off.
I just couldn't handle it.
Like my country's situation, the world is not perfect, and accidents happen.
When it happens, the question is, "What will you do?"
I just needed to fix it.
I didn't know how much I could do, but let me just try.
The best I can do and then let's see the result.
I was able to find two pieces of nose, and still there were missing parts.
First I glued with epoxy.
The first time I tried and...
you couldn't tell if it was the right color.
Because after sanding the color might change.
So you need to repeat and repeat again.
Like after three weeks I discovered a new technique or new formula.
It was really challenging for me.
I'm just glad that I could save her.
Not just say goodbye or create something new.
I think that was her destiny, which I needed to share.
Was this attitude, I'm sending a strong message to my country.
There is something we can do. It won't be perfect like before, but
it's a different artwork I think.