Not digital at all

Growing up in Hong Kong I was lucky enough to spend a few minutes every day walking past a massive bronze sculpture on the promenade of Exchange Square. The sculpture is a massive blocklike representation of a man practicing Tai Chi. A few years later while watching a TV documentary on Chris Patten - the last governor of Hong Kong - I saw the very same sculpture, in miniature, on Patten's desk. I've always admired the sculpture, but knew nothing about it.


Today I decided to find out more about it in the hope of obtaining a mini replica. I would absolutely love one of these, but searches on the net aren't helping. Where are the online miniature sculpture shops when you need them?

What I have found out is that the sculpture in Exchange Square is one of Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming's "Tai Chi series". Amidst a rash of useless tourism pages which only mentioned the sculpture in passing, I found these two pages: a very interesting interview with Ju Ming, and an overview of Ju Ming's style.

Still no luck on the miniature replica - although I've found someone's homepage which mentions a Hong Kong Standard report of 3 of Ju Ming's sculptures selling for HK$240,000 - HK$780,000 each. That's a top figure of US$100,000 or about £60,000! Slightly out of my league ...

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