Title: Awakening
Material: jade, bronze & steel
Dimensions: 65" x 30" x 33"
Veined and patterned
like a butterfly's wing,
this unique and treasured piece of jade
inspired the sculptor
to create what is undoubtedly the world's largest
carved jade butterfly.
The jade image of a butterfly
emerging from the
chrysalis presents
a most interesting dichotomy
dealing
with the concepts
of permanence and impermanence,
Yin and Yang. The ephemeral
qualities of the butterfly
contrast
sharply with the timeless and enduring
qualities
of jade.
Yet jade, revered in the Orient
as the "Stone of
Heaven,"
perfectly completes a cycle of thought,
reminding the viewer of the transformational
and
elusive qualities of life,
symbolized in this instance by
the butterfly's emergence and
the inferred
completion of a cycle.
Work in progress
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