Seated Buddha
$390
Made to order: 6 weeks
A seated figure in the meditation posture, carved in the round from a single block of mahogany and oiled until the grain glows.
A seated figure in the meditation posture, carved in the round from a single block of mahogany and oiled until the grain glows. Signed on the reverse and sent with a certificate documenting the artisan, timber and carving time.
The story of this piece
6 weeks,one pair of hands
It began as a board of mahogany, chosen in [Village] for the straightness of its grain. The Nelum was drawn freehand onto the timber without a template, using only the forms [Artisan name] learned at a parent's bench.
Then came the slow part: weeks of cutting, the background lowered a millimetre at a time until the figure stood free. Finally oil, a signature on the reverse, and a record of everything that went into it.
