Hi there Chocolate Creations,
I have an event coming up in mid-December that I’d like to
have one of your Chocolate Creations done for. Our local church is having
a gala for charity and I want to depict a bible story in a chocolate
creation, I think it would be so fun! I can’t recall which story our
bible group decided on but I think it’s Kings 2:23-24.Would it be possible to do mock-ups and price estimates? We have a
limited budget, you understand.Thank you,
Tyler
Tyler-
Thank you for your inquiry-
I am not much of a bible scholar and had to first look up your reference of which I found two similar references quoted below. I have no idea if this is what you were looking for nor what you actually thought you might get in the way of a chocolate piece depicting it.Kings 2:23-24 (King James Version)
23And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
Kings 2:23-24 (New International Version)Elisha Is Jeered
23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.In coming up with your idea, you probably had some idea as to an approximate size in mind of the piece you wanted (e.g., 12 x 18″; 30 x40″, 4′ x 8′, etc), the approximate appearance (this story has two parts??), as well as some dollar range that fit within your “limited budget” ($20-30, $50-100; $250-500, etc). Without some added guidance confirming what actual scene you would be interested in, and either a size and/or price range to work with, it is very difficult to provide you with anything firm as to feasibility.
Additionally “a mock-up” implies some 3D sample as is frequently done in miniature for buildings and large sculptures. That is not reasonable or feasible for a chocolate piece that is not going to be gigantic in size. I can generally sketch or describe verbally what would be done, but I need more of your input first.It is also not clear if this is a centerpiece for decor, something to be sold, or????
Please feel free to call and discuss or respond by email.
Michael
Creative Chocolates
My God, I had no idea there was anything like that in the Bible. I’m
new to Christianity and am just beginning to learn all of the ins and
outs. The church planning committee voted on that story being
depicted, but I’d imagine it was a mistake. Let me call my pastor and
confirm. I’ll get back to you in a bit.Our budget is about $800 but we are flexible as this is intended to be
the centerpiece of our event and we plan on auctioning it off.Thanks Michael,
Tyler
Michael,
I spoke with my pastor and he confirmed that they did want to move
forward with this particular scene. He consulted with the committee
and they agreed that it would be best to depict the bear just before
mauling the children with Elisha juxtaposed in the back laughing and
winking upwards at God. As the selected point man for this charity I
feel obligated to relay their instructions: the chocolate scene should
be approximately 3.5 ft x 2.5 ft with the bear reaching approximately
1.5 ft tall.To be completely honest, I’m having doubts about the bible. How can
anyone possibly think that god would call down a bear to kill children
and still be considered sane? Even if this were a metaphor I still see
no ties to contemporary ethics or morality.I feel odd telling you this but in some odd way I’m beginning to
realize that I may not be a Christian…What should I do Michael?
Thank you,
Tyler
Thank you for relaying the added details. It will take me a few days to try to figure out what might be possible to do.
The guidance you provided is very helpful.
I expect i may have difficulty doing what you are requesting and I need some time to try to work it out.
The size of the bear provides information as to the relative size of the prophet and the children. The story calls for 2 bears and 42 children.
There would definitely not be enough room even with one bear, to put 1/2 the children.
The real problem comes in the amount of detail expected in the sculptures to be done (and making them smaller would not resolve the issues when details including winks/smiles as well as the “fear” of the children are needed). Sculpting animals and people are significantly more consuming than scenes/things and Sculpting in chocolate takes as long or longer some times than in clay and the cost is more in the labor than the materials. In the midst of this holiday season, I am not sure there will be sufficient time available to do justice to the job.
I also took some time to try to find pictures of Elisha to use as a model. Below is one I found on the internet. Is this what you were thinking of?I also need to check out the clothing appearance of children in that time frame.
Michael
Michael,I apologize for wasting your time. I’ve been removed from the
committee and am no doubt being removed from the church. I held an
emergency meeting with my pastor to discuss this particular story
which I previously had no idea about. No matter what he said nothing
could make me believe that the event actually occurred, nor that it
was important to believe in. Why would God call down a bear to kill
children? Didn’t God create the children? Did he give them free-will
to make fun of Elisha? Why didn’t he give children better brains for
reasoning that making fun of a balding man may hurt his feelings? Why
would God give children stupid little brains which would lead them to
make fun of a man whose head follicle-deficient?And then it hit me…
God is omnipotent and all-powerful, right? He created children EXACTLY
the way they are, brains and all knowing full well that children would
make fun of bald men. Next, God waited several thousand years until
just the right moment: enter Elisha. God could barely contain himself
as the children, too young to understand what they were doing made fun
of Elisha. At that very moment God, pleased with his doings, stood up
flexed his cloudy muscles and willed a she-bear into existence,
BEHOLD! The she-bear knew nothing but the pleasure of child-meat. She
tore into them with fury never seen before. The children ran around
crying, pleading for their lives before being sent to the fiery depths
of hell for being created by God in such a poor manner.God smiled and high-fived Elisha, “Thanks God!” said Elisha.
Anyways, Christianity is fucking righteous but not for me; their god
is just too much of a dick.My pastor may be contacting you about the chocolate sculpture still,
but be weary, he believes in some scary stuff.Best regards,
Tyler
