I live in a gated courtyard building in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. We have two columns at our entryway that I wanted to design large, realistic, but thematic statuary for their tops during the Halloween season. I also love crows, and that classic Edgar Allen Poe– haunted aesthetic. I think they look great on these columns, but there are many places they could look just as dramatic, as well as beyond of the Halloween season!  You can build these without too much trouble for far less than you would spend on similarly sized statuary.
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