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Article: Sculptor's works include Adam and Eve, Elvis and Marilyn.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- August 20, 2001
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BLUE MOUND, Texas _ Yon-Sim Pak is a slight man with immense ideas.
Pak, a Korean-born sculptor, has undertaken what he calls the Holy Ground Project, a grand plan to create 100 life-size statues of characters from the Bible.
He said the statues will go into a ``Bible Statue Garden."
Pak figures he should have it all done in about 100 years.
Each statue takes about a year to create, and Pak, 73, said he has about 95 more to do.
His hope is to pass on his art and ``secrets" to another artist, who will do the same. Pak said it might take several generations of artists to complete the Bible Statue Garden.
Pak envisions ...