Arizona sculptor David Chalat replaced Thomas Jefferson with Barack Obama for a candle modeled after Mount Rushmore.
Drawing on Obama's image
Arizona sculptor David Chalat replaced Thomas Jefferson with Barack Obama for a candle modeled after Mount Rushmore.
David Chalat, a sculptor from Sedona, Ariz., does a brisk business selling decorative soaps, and hasn't ventured far into the political arena before. But one day this spring, he came across the pro-Obama viral video created by singer will.i.am, and found a new source of inspiration. Before long, he had created a 5-inch-tall soap structure in Obama's likeness, along with ... (Full article: 1093 words)
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