Dragon Sculpture, Uplift

Design Concept:

The dragon's head is prominently centered, looking defiantly across the heavens and the earth. Its claws stretch outward, embracing the eight directions. In terms of composition, the viewer's gaze is drawn to the dragon's expression, allowing them to feel mentally and visually the dragon's transcendent energy and confidence in nature. Employing traditional Tang scroll patterns (a prevalent curling pattern during the Tang Dynasty), the design is smooth, rich, and luxurious. The wind, clouds, and dragon intertwine, rolling and unfolding, creating a harmonious balance between the tangible and the intangible. Its infinite repetition and continuity symbolize the unending spirit of growth.

"Uplift" is the largest piece in the Dragon Year series. Utilizing the lost-wax casting (Pâte de verre) technique in glass, this artwork is faithfully recreated in the glass medium. The piece's color progresses from the bottom up, transitioning from transparency to amber, intensifying as it ascends, capturing a dragon's essence that is both modern and mystical. The dragon's head, body, and tail flow seamlessly in the sculpture, and the intricacy of the openwork and connecting sections showcases immense craftsmanship. Hundreds of dragon scales, gradually diminishing in size, align perfectly with the curvature and force points of the dragon's body, underscoring the majestic and far-reaching aura of the dragon.

In the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, as a blessing for the descendants of Chinese imperial ancestor, we define it as the color yellow, specifically the amber color of the LIULI. Yellow is situated at the center of the Five Elements and is considered the color of "harmony," symbolizing the color of the earth. In ancient times, there was a saying, "Yellow generates yin and yang," elevating yellow as the primary color above all others, representing the central color. 

設計概念說明：

龍首正中，傲視天地，龍爪向外伸展，運握八方；構圖上，視綫集中於龍的神態，讓觀者在心理與視覺上感受龍在大自然裡，淩越一切能量與信心。運用傳統紋飾的唐草紋（唐代盛行的卷紋），造型圓潤富貴，與風與雲與龍，盤繞舒卷，虛實相生，而它的無限重複與連續表達了生生不息的生長之氣。《隆升》是龍年系列作品中體量最大的一件；運用琉璃脫蠟鑄造的技法，將此作品得以以琉璃的材質重現，作品的顔色由下至上，由透明漸漸轉至琥珀至中而上，由淡轉濃，呈現既現代又神秘的龍的氣質。龍首、龍身、龍尾在雕塑上一氣呵成，鏤空與連接處工藝難度極高；數百片龍鱗由大漸小，龍身發力點契合龍鱗彎曲弧度，彰顯龍之恢宏致遠之氣度。而在生肖龍年，作爲炎黃子孫的本命年護佑，我們定義它爲黃色，也就是琉璃工房的琥珀色。黃色處於五行中央，乃「中和之色」，象徵大地的顏色。古時有「黃生陰陽」的說法，把黃色奉為各色之主，是居中位的正統顏色。