The Collection: Light Exists Because of Love | Buddha Sculptures & Figurines

Design Concept:

"Yang has developed a glasswork technique which gives full expression to the richness of Eastern philosophy. Inspired by the cardinal virtues of wisdom and compassion, and utilizing an artistic language which combines substance and emptiness, her work reflects the passage in the Diamond Sutra which reads, “All conditioned things are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow.” This piece was produced using a combination of lost-wax casting (pâte de verre) and hot-pour casting. First, a Buddha image formed through pâte de verre is heated and placed within a sand mold. Next, molten glass is poured into the same mold, sealed, and left to set. The result is a chimerical image enclosed in transparent glass, producing a poetic effect suggestive of the ephemeral nature of the world. In 2017 several pieces in this series [GJ(U1] were acquired by the Museum of Decorative Arts (Musée des Arts Décoratifs) in Paris, becoming the first acquisition of Chinese glass art in its century-old collection. More than merely the masterful execution of the lost-wax casting technique, each piece produced by Yang is a manifestation of her sense of mission, philosophy of life, and insight into the teachings of Buddhism."

設計概念說明：

合掌觀音，是為眾生合掌祝福、為眾生祈願平安。菩薩雙手合十姿態來呈現佛像，充份展現菩薩対眾生的愛。雙手合十是佛教中最常見的禮儀之一，代表禮貌、代表恭敬、代表祝福。觀音通體薄衣，雙臂帶有臂釧，衣紋如水傾瀉，流暢自然。觀音慈祥、溫柔，含著淡淡微笑，彷彿在傾聽人們的願望。希望以這樣安靜平和的狀態，祈求人心正念無妄，世間安定祥和。欣賞此件作品令人感到充盈的平靜感，在快節奏的生活中轉換，懂得柔軟與釋懷，微微前傾的身體，是在傾聽、覺察，頭上一圈一圈同心圓構成的佛光，是他們智慧的結晶，向漣漪一般向外擴散，一波一波，無量光明。心的深處，彷彿有光。

* Note: As the art pieces are individually hand-made, the color and dimensions will vary slightly.