UP-UPDATE: We sold all 50, hitting my goal. Now, all of a sudden, there are more requests for these. I will be doing one more limited release of these coasters. Even though it says they are on “Backorder,” you can still order them, and they will be to you as quickly as I can get them to you. 

UPDATE: Sadly, the Hatched Baby has been deemed unfixable. As stated before, the money raised will go toward another public art piece in La Crosse!
Click here to read about it. 

These coasters are to help raise funds for the “Hatched Baby” that was recently vandalized and literally defaced. Wolfgang Auer, a sculptor from La Crosse’s sister city of Friedberg, Germany, created the work of art as part of his Blue Baby project. The sculpture shares the project’s distinctive blue skin, wide eyes, and a complete set of white teeth. Profits will be donated to the city for restoration purposes. If the artist decides the sculpture no longer belongs in La Crosse, I will donate the money to another public art project in the city.

The photo was taken with Lomography Lomochrome Purple film because I thought I would add to the statue’s uneasiness. Lomochrome purple shifts greens to purple, yellows to pink, and blues become more turquoise. This is why the blue is shifted more green. I wanted to stay true to the film’s look. This is my artistic rendition of the original artist’s artistic vision.

Here is an article about the piece before its time in La Crosse:
https://sites.miamioh.edu/art-museum/2016/10/were-expecting-a-hatched-baby/

Here is a quote from Scott Cheek, a local La Crosse artist:

“The irony of the destruction of the Hatched Baby only becomes apparent if you understand what it is about. Most aptly it’s addressing the fears associated with parenthood. “What if they don’t fit in” “what if they’re bullied” “what if they die one night and there was nothing I could do to help”. Ironically this sculpture was argued about, called names, and ultimately shoved in a corner primarily out of the public eye. Then in fact beaten. And most recently literally decapitated. All of the artist’s anxieties came to fruition at the hands of the same people they were originally concerned about. The worst part of it is it didn’t have to come true but intolerance of a few is louder than acceptance by many.”

Art may not be for everyone, it does not have to be pleasing to everyone, but it should not be destroyed just because someone doesn’t like it.

This made the news:
The La Crosse Tribune
WKBT News 8