ELYSE & LE CHAT
MAQUETTE

ELYSE & LE CHAT
MAQUETTE

Bronze, 2020
W x L x H
16 x 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches
Limited Edition of 10
Laura Teste

So… This is the bronze model of the full size ELYSE & LE CHAT (Elyse and her cat).  The interplay between Elyse and the cat is inspired by Jim Henson’s quote “There’s not a word yet for old friend who’ve just met.”  
The statue had a number of working titles including ALLIES and OLD-SOUL MATES.  In the end, she was named ELYSE to evince the comfortable ease between her and her cat.

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.