Angela Sanders: A heart split between the East and the West
An Indian dining room table brings memories to Angela. Her father was assigned to Shimla, India in 1955. “The tabletop marble stone inlay pattern is handcrafted to simulate the majestic art of the Taj Mahal,” Sanders explained. Each little flower bud inlaid in the marble is comprised of several semi-precious stones.
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Drawing of the Mount Everest made by Sir John Hunt who expressed his uncertainty about the success of the expedition by adding question marks next to the mountain top.
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A piece of dark furniture inlaid with mother-of-pearl in a corner of her dining room serves as reminder of the time when Angela was engaged with a wealthy Iranian architect. “We wanted to start a store of international artifacts and bought two of these. Then when we split up, I kept one of the pieces,” Angela said.
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In the center, Sir Edmond Hillary, the New Zealander who conquered Mount Everest with Nepalese mountain guide, Tenzing Norgay. He died at 88 in Auckland on Jan 10 this year. In the picture, he is with his wife and children. To the very right is Everett Sanders, Angela’s father.
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This Christ in ceramic was created by one of the top Peruvian artists.
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Angela Sanders (left) conducts a philosopher’s café at Marco Community Bank. Sitting besides her is Diane Zinkevicz. Sanders explained that her goal is to promote critical thinking.
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This is a photo taken of Angela with members of the Masai Tribe in Kenya, Africa. Several photos of wild animals taken by Sanders during a picture safari to Africa hang on the walls of her Marco house.
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Sanders bought home this carved sculpture in one of her trips to Haiti. It decorates one of her bathrooms.
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Sander’s home is full with art expressions of different cultures. In front of her, a couple of Nepalese brass singhas (temple lion guards) and a Buddha sit on a silver tray on an ottoman in her living room. On the wall, behind her, is an Iranian rug featuring a tree of life.
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In the center of the picture Angela Sanders who was 11 at the time, asked autographs from the first expedition who conquered Mount Everest. Sir John Hunt, left, draws the Everest on Sanders’ book. Sitting besides them, on the right of the picture, is Sir Edmond Hillary, who became Sander’s hero.
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