I already had a Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Hindu Barbie. So it was time to address Bhudism. I started with a box that I planned to spray paint orange having ask ChatGPT to draw me a Buddhist Barbie.
And the box I chose was actually too big and the paint job not good at all. Then Debby gave me a piece of wood with a square platform that seemed perfect. The orange was too pale so I sprayed it gold. I crocheted a mat using a very large 8mm hook and ecru jersey. Round the end I glued the struts of a fan, then parts of a flowery tree around them and edged it with a cut down sushi mat I found somewhere in the street.
I had three small lego planters for the three corners, a plinth I sprayed gold and put on a piece of desert rock on top for meditation purposes. I used this particular Barbie as she had legs that bent. Not quite the lotus position but not so far off. I used some kebab sticks I had sawn off for both ends to support the meditation flags in green, yellow, white, red and blue velvet sewn onto black rope.
I made her outfit out of brocade my Buddhist friends Maria and Christian had brought me from Japan. She had trousers that came up to her chest and a shawl with sleeves. I decided I could not face shaving her head so she is going to have to reach enlightenment without being a monk or bald!
The parts needed
Making it all up
The finished Barbie attempting enlightenment
