{"id":7930,"date":"2021-07-29T12:01:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/?p=7930"},"modified":"2021-08-05T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T21:59:07","slug":"you-deserve-a-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/2021\/07\/29\/you-deserve-a-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"You Deserve a Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong>When we first announced our campaign to honor Charles Bukowski with a statue, the community support was overwhelming.<\/strong><\/span> Two years later, we\u2019re still dedicated to making our dream of \u201cBukowski in Bronze\u201d a reality. So much so that we\u2019ve created a little something to tide us over while helping us reach our goal.<\/p>\n<p>During quarantine, with the Bukowski celebrations canceled, famed sculptor Eugene Daub was sitting in his San Pedro studio thinking of another way to honor the local poet\u2019s centennial. After staring at some of his preliminary sketches for the statue, Daub was inspired to create a bronze medallion that featured a relief sculpture of Charles Bukowski smoking a cigarette. On the medallion\u2019s reverse, Daub carved one of his favorite quotes, \u201cWhat matters most is how well you walk through the fire.\u201d The words carrying much deeper meaning during a lockdown when so many were suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene Daub knew that what he had created was special because it was most likely the first time the writer had ever been immortalized on a medal. Daub, who serves as the vice president of the American Medallic Sculpture Association (AMSA), submitted his Bukowski medal to the group\u2019s American Medal of the Year competition, where it was chosen as the runner-up for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene Daub has generously offered to make a limited casting of his award-winning bronze medallion available as a fundraiser for the Bukowski in Bronze project. Less than 100 bronze medallions are available for a donation of $195 (plus shipping costs). Each unique medallion was cast from a clay mold and hand-finished. The medallions measure four inches in diameter and weigh about a pound each.<\/p>\n<p>If bronze is too much of a heavy metal for you, there is also a porcelain casting of the design available with your choice of two different Bukowski quotes on the back, \u201cWhat matters most is how you walk through the fire\u201d and \u201cFind what you love and let it kill you.\u201d The porcelain medallions are available for a donation of $75 (plus shipping costs).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure we all deserve a medal for one reason or another. These Bukowski medallions are not only award-winning collector\u2019s items, but all proceeds will go to support the Bukowski in Bronze project. Until we can get our full-sized Bukowski statue, we can all hold our bronze medals close knowing that we helped bring it even closer to reality.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in a Bukowski medallion, please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:angela@sanpedroheritage.org\">angela@sanpedroheritage.org<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Orders will only be taken via email; donations made via GoFundMe are not eligible for this fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>About the Artist:<\/b> Eugene Daub is highly recognized for his expressive portraits and figures. His heroic figure of Rosa Parks was unveiled in the Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol in 2013. Daub has completed over 40 major public art commissions. He has heroic bronze figures in three U.S. capitals and works in the collections of the British Museum and the Smithsonian Institution. 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