The art exhibition was
held as part of the Guru Bhumtsok (100,000 Tsok Offerings to Guru
Rinpoche) Special National Puja event, held for the first time in
Tasmania, hosted by the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana
Tradition in Australia, Hobart Buddhist Meditation Centre Chag-tong
Chen-tong partnering with Kickstart Arts, and led by Geshe Tenzin Zopa.
June 2017
Buddhist practitioners,
members of the Hobart community, as well as visitors to the city’s Dark
Mofo winter arts festival, attended the art exhibition and participated
in this powerful and uplifting practice aimed at cultivating World
Peace.
gilded copper repousséwith
platinum and gold leaf,
turquoise and coral gemstones
Gentle Glory the Bodhisattva of
Wisdom
AUD $ 10,465
frame size 640x 700mm - 6 kg
Guanyin
gilded resin statue
with yellow, white and green gold leaf
Bodhisattva of Compassion and
Goddess of Mercy
This is a small replica of the Water and Moon Kuan-Yin Bodhisattva in
the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
SOLD
Vajrapāṇi
gilded copper repousséwith platinum and gold leaf,turquoise and coral gemstones
The Bodhisattva Protector and Guide
manifesting all the Buddha’s power.
AUD $
10,465
Śhakyamuni Buddha
with 8 Auspicious Symbols and 12
Signs of the Zodiac
gilded copper repousséwith
gold leaf
Outer ring from top (clockwise):
Monkey, Ox, Pig, Dog, Tiger, Goat, Horse, Snake, Dragon, Rooster,
Rabbit, Rat.
Inside ring from top (clockwise):
Endless Knot (shrivasta), Parasol (chattra), Wheel (chakra), Victory
Banner (dhvaja), Golden Fishes (suvarnamatsya), Treasure Vase (nidhana
kumbha), Lotus (padma), Conch Shell (shankha).
AUD $
1,800
Makara
gilded copper repousséwith gold leaf
water gilded frame with copper and aluminium leaf
a hybrid sea-creature with Vedic origins: with the
trunk of an elephant, the jaws of a crocodile, the eyes of a monkey, the
horns of a boar, the mane of a horse, the paws of a lion, the scales of
a fish, and a magnificent foliate peacock’s tail.
A common image found on Buddha
thrones, at sacred sites and water springs.
AUD $ 1,500
Vaiśravaṇa
also known as Jambhala
or Kubera
gilded copper repoussé bannerwith red, yellow, and green gold leaf
and palladium leaf
Chief of the Four Heavenly Kings
AUD $
1,200
Kīrtimukha
gilded copper repousséwith gold leaf
The Glorious Face
a fierce monstercommon in the iconography of
Buddhist temples, thrones, and
above the entrance doors of houses.
AUD $ 575.00
Repoussé
This is a technique where a sheet
of copper is hammered onto an anvil and shaped into a 3 dimensional
form. It is then chased with chisels and punches to complete the detail.
Various elements such as the crowns and earrings are added. The hands
are the only parts that have been cast.
The jewellery is made from genuine
coral, turquoise, garnet gemstones, and Swarovski crystals. A back plate
has also been added making it possible to fill the sculptures with
precious items.
The Different Colours of Gold
These sacred
“objects of support” have been gilded with gold, silver and platinum
leaf. By using a linseed oil based gold-size as an adhesive it
eliminates the mercury used in fire gilding still common on statues from
Nepal. This type of oil gilding allows different types of leaf to be
applied on the same piece and the techniques go back to ancient times.
Pure gold when
alloyed with other metals produces the different colours. Gold mixed
with copper makes red gold, and when mixed with silver makes green gold,
zinc produces a white gold, and when alloyed with palladium produces a
light brown gold. Platinum leaf is a steely white and the purple leaf is
produced by coating silver leaf in a purple resin.
There are
hundreds of possible alloys and mixtures, however a mix of around 50/50
copper and silver gives the range of yellow gold alloys the public is
accustomed to seeing in the marketplace.
