I have no idea why I took a picture of these rolls of yarn.

Oh wait, I do remember. I was bored silly that's why.

My dear wife and her friend had dragged me into this "candles and handicraft" type store in Bordeaux and not wanting to stand on my own in one spot near the door for 15 minutes while they shopped I set off wandering around the store and started pointing my camera at this, that, and everything. Most of those images have thankfully already been jettisoned off the hard drive but this one survived the cull and after converting to B&W I decided it was starting to grow on me.

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They say you shouldn't photograph other people's art and on the whole I agree with that. In this case however, because this piece was so unique, I thought I would photograph it and show it because frankly it deserves to be seen. This piece is a near life size sculpture by a French artist named Emeric Chantier which we saw displayed in an art gallery in a wing of Chateau Malrome, which is Toulouse-Lautrec's former home near Bordeaux. When you see it in real life it is breath taking, so completely original.

For further info on the artist there is a page on the Chateau Malrome website that tells a little more about the artist:
www.malrome.com/toulouse-lautrec-art/

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