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ＣＬＡＹ　ＢＵＤＤＨＩＳＴ　ＳＣＵＬＰＴＵＲＥＳ 　　Asang in His Clay Sculpture Studio 　　 　　 　　One year after I had interviewed Asang I was to meet him again. 　　The workshop was still called “Clay Statues Shop” located in the Barkor Street. Stepping inside, I was greeting by his two little apprentices. It seemed that they easily recognized me and smiled happily at me. Asang was still sitting in the corner close to the glass door, in the same position as one year ago when I first saw him. 　　In the fall of 2006, drawn by an ambition to write a book on the techniques of Tibetan handcrafts, I came to the Barkor Street to find subjects for interviews. Asang’s workshop was located on the fringe of the Barkor Street; a prosperous area. From the glass door, I saw people inside were working on clay Buddhist statues, and I instinctively walked in. I saw two children were sitting cross-legged on a bed and working with clay, while another child was sewing a Buddhist robe on a sewing machine. Turning around, I saw Asang was sitting behind a statue of the Green 　　 　　Tara in the corner and was busy at work on his statue. He looked at me and smiled, and then lowered his head over the statue of Tara. 　　To all my questions, he always answered patiently and I gained a really good impression of him. So I decided to interview him in his shop. Asang agreed and immediately I put my backpack down, grabbed a cushion and, sitting crosslegged in front of him, I launched into my interview. 　　Asang’s career in clay statues started when he was just 15. His teacher was the current oldest exponent of clay statues in Tibet; an 80 year old retiree who had worked in the Tibetan Museum. After five years of strenuous study, his skill qualified him to run this workshop independently. Currently, he is 27. 　　Last year he had two apprentices and he took on another apprentice this year. Although the apprentices were about 17 to 18 years old, their disposition tended to resemble that of their teacher; kind and modest. I w