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Crystal Animal, Cricket and Loofah, Luffa, Thrive - LIULI Crystal Art
Crystal Animal, Cricket and Loofah, Luffa, Thrive - LIULI Crystal Art
Crystal Animal, Cricket and Loofah, Luffa, Thrive - LIULI Crystal Art
Crystal Animal, Cricket and Loofah, Luffa, Thrive - LIULI Crystal Art
Crystal Animal, Cricket and Loofah, Luffa, Thrive - LIULI Crystal Art

Crystal Animal, Cricket and Loofah, Luffa, Thrive

$780.00

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The Collection: ENRICH

Design Concept:

Fashioned in a design of high and low relief is this crystal glass artwork of a sponge gourd, capriciously accompanied by a detailed grasshopper.  Like the other pieces in the Enrich collection, “Thrive” pays homage to the rich tradition of honoring the land in Chinese art.  The work speaks to celebrating the fertility of the land and all that is in bloom.  Hearkening to the energy of springtime, this piece awakens the spirit in a call to all that flowers, blooms, and thrives.  Drawing a full circle on the theme of life and its eternal cycle, “Thrive” offers perpetual hope.

  • Within the simplicity of rich greens and pure whites, fulfillment is framed and an auspicious spring is awakened.
  • The highlight of this design are the colors that flow like ink. Within the disc, sculpted in low and high relief, are a sponge gourd and grasshopper. This design symbolizes the abundance of life and color within the elegant undulations of life.
  • Life is an eternal cycle, flowering and fruiting. This is nature’s unique magic. Life and nature live within this disc, cycling through generations, offering perpetual hope.
  • This design as a whole takes everyday elements to convey the utmost elegance; it is what people from the Song Dynasty called “lifestyle aesthetics”. The manifestation of spring is uplifted upon a transparent base and makes an excellent addition to a liuli collection or for display.

作品設計理念：

  • 作品以盎然的綠和剔透的白，天地最樸素淡雅的色彩，匯成一個圓滿，暈開一個欣欣向榮的春天。
  • 以色彩和水墨的流動質感表現寫意的內在，是此系列作品的特色。圓盤中，通過高浮雕和低浮雕兩種雕塑方法刻畫絲瓜和草蟲，表現生物的形象和色彩的盎然，蕩漾恬淡卻嫻雅的生活氣息。
  • 生命，永遠在一個圓中孕育，開花必結果。只有大地，才有這麼神奇的造物能力。兩種色彩都不屬於大地，但都從大地生出；生命、大自然都裝在圓盤裡，瓜瓞綿綿，福衍後代，給人無限的希望。
  • 整件作品以平凡的日常元素，表現高遠雅致的意境，品味一番宋人的 “生活美學”。極富造型的底座，立起滿盤生春的作品，作為琉璃收藏，很適合生活空間的欣賞擺放。

Thrive

Crisp green,
pure white,
spring has sprung in every detail.

The earth and creatures come to life
in a joint celebration.
Flourishing, thriving,
the time is now.

欣欣以向榮

半分青無賴
半分皓月白
面面春色俱到

草蟲新鳴
共歡
瓜瓞綿綿
清新好生機

Item No.:

PEF160.ADACZ

Size:

7.48"L x 4.13"D x 4.72"H inches

Material:

Crystal Glass

Technique:

Pate de Verre

Limited Edition:

1,800 pieces (Worldwide)

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

Exquisite LIULI Gift Bags

Packaging Award by Germany's iF Design Award

Every art pieces comes with the gift-ready packaging including gift box & bag, product's description card, greeting card, and authentic certificate*.

* Authentic certificate only comes with most art pieces at the valued of $500 and more, which include the signature of the artist, product detail, and the edition number (if applied).

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Artist/Founder Loretta H. Yang leads a team of experienced artisans to create arts that honor the richness of cultural heritage and value.

Step No. 1: Design and sculpting

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Step 2 of the process involves coating our original clay sculpture in silicone. Layer after layer (3 to 7 layers) is fastidiously coated to produce a negative mold, a crucial step in capturing the prevision of the sculpture. Each layer must dry completely before additional layer is applied, thickness must be uniform to prevent leakage of wax. Once complete, the clay is removed to reveal a negative silicone mold.

Step No. 2: Silicone molding

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Pour molten wax into the negative silicone mold.

Step No. 3: Infusion of molten wax. Fill wax into a negative mold.

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Once wax has solidified and cooled, release the wax form by carefully peeling back the silicone mold. Like a butterfly molting, the silicon is shed to reveal a positive wax form.

Step No. 4: Shedding of silicon mold to obtain the wax form

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A careful refinement of the wax sculpture. Because every microinch and subtlety plays its own role in the grand scheme of beauty. Our artists refine the wax mold to its final perfection.

Step No. 5: Wax form refinement; removing imperfections

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The wax mold is placed on a wooden plank in a metal container and plaster is poured and solidified. Embedding wax form with fire-resistant plaster.

Step No. 6: Coating the wax sculpture with plaster to form a refractory mold

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Wax is steamed out of the plaster under high heat yielding a negative plaster mold.

Step No. 7: Removal of wax with steam—the essence of the “lost-wax” process

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Liuli ingredients are created through unique firing and processing of glass. Color and size appropriate pieces are placed within the plaster and fired.

Step No 8: Choosing color; kiln firing

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Fire and melt. Under intense heat, a new vision of transparency and clarity is born.

Step No. 9: Re-firing at 1,400 degrees Celsius

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Extreme patience and care are necessary when removing the plaster to prevent damage.

Step No. 10: Removal of plaster mold

When the art pieces emerge, our masters step in to carefully chip away the plaster mold. Like excavating fragile archaeological relics, one false move and you're left with broken shards.

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First comes die-cutting - smoothing the crystal down to the last microinch. Rough polish, removal of excess support, refinement and fine surface polish with a high-speed fabric wheel.

Step No. 11: Retouching of details; burnishing and polishing

Our artist refines and re-polishes each and every detail yet again.

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An etched number on the base of each piece indicates its limited edition and reminds us to never stop creating. After the engraving - an official LIULI artwork is born.

Step No.12: Final inspection; etching of serial number; packaging