by Alison Bigg | Mar 17, 2014 | Lost and found Buddha
This Vietnamese Buddha is shiny and happy. The fishing lure found on the beach is the same colours and smoothness as the Buddhas represented in many of the house shrines. Included in this piece are a fishing lure, domino, pom pom, fake $100 american bill, and a rusty...
by Alison Bigg | Mar 4, 2014 | Lost and found Buddha
Geo caching is a fun kids’ treasure hunt whereby a small gift is hidden somewhere, the gps location is posted on a geo caching site and the hunt is on! When the cache is found the finder is welcome to the gift but must leave something else of...
by Alison Bigg | Mar 3, 2014 | Lost and found Buddha
This 5th Buddha was created using driftwood, fishing net, feather, copper wire, and a trading card. It was created out of objects found on the beach on Phu Quoc island in Vietnam. I left it at on March 4th. If you found it please either keep as a souvenir but leaving...
by Alison Bigg | Feb 25, 2014 | Lost and found Buddha
This Abhaya Buddha, Buddha of fearlessness and protection, was created out of found bits and pieces in Phu Quoc, Vietnam. It is entirely Cambodian, though, made from styrofoam, a found photo, an origami star, a rusty key, and is wrapped in a scrap of a traditional...
by Alison Bigg | Feb 7, 2014 | Lost and found Buddha
This is the third Buddha in this series, Varada Buddha, which is the Buddha of compassion and wish granting. Yesterday marked the end of Tet, or the two week celebration of the Chinese New year. There are many discarded offerings everywhere in the streets which...
by Alison Bigg | Jan 23, 2014 | Lost and found Buddha
Buddha no. 2 of the series was created on January 23, 2014. It is the Hotei Buddha, better known as the Laughing Buddha. It is made from sandstone found at a temple near Battambang, , seed pods, gold ribbon, found elastic and a stick of incense. It was first left at...