ELYSE & LE CHAT
LIFE SIZE

ELYSE & LE CHAT
LIFE SIZE

Bronze, 2020
W x L x H
4 x 5 x 4 feet
Limited Edition
Laura Teste

The interplay between ELYSE & LE CHAT (Elyse & her cat) is inspired by Jim Henson’s quote “There’s not a word yet for old friend who’ve just met.”  
The statue was created for a terrace space with Elyse’s feet perceived to be resting on the railing.
ELYSE is a free standing sculpture and very stable.  People are encouraged to sit, lean, and enjoy the statue. I hope the cat’s chin is irresistible to pat.

Instagram Laura Teste Studios has snapshots of the long creation that carried through the year of 2020.

ELYSE & LE CHAT
(Old-soul Mates)

Let’s bask and savor, the calm we favor,
Trouble free, nose in the breeze.
Frets flicker and cease, a catnap release,
Sit with me, perfect at ease.

How time flew faster when void of laughter,
Hollow days passing right by.
How thin was the air, so vapid and bare,
Shallow praise wringing it dry.

When it’s a dog’s life, leave the doubts and strife,
Open gates invite you yet.
Such allies we seek, be new or antique,
Old-soul mates having just met.