{"id":756,"date":"2017-02-02T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T05:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/?p=756"},"modified":"2017-02-02T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T05:08:09","slug":"the-positive-symbolism-of-the-peacock-a-wedding-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/archives\/756","title":{"rendered":"The Positive Symbolism of the Peacock – A Wedding Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Few months ago, I had the great pleasure of designing and realising a very special wedding gift: a Peacock Bowl.\u00a0<\/span>I started by creating about 11 different designs (see some examples below); after few hard decisions, the customer set on one design.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before taking this commission I was wondering about what the peacock represents in the symbolistic tradition, iconography, and across cultures; so I searched for more information about positive meanings associated with the peacock.<\/p>\n

In my searches, I discovered that this beautiful bird is a symbol of dignity and grace. In the Chinese and Buddhist cultures, the peacock represents freedom and wisdom; in other cultures it is also thought as a symbol of eternal life.
\n<\/span>Beyond these, the peacock is also the symbol of beauty, good luck, compassion and kindness. The peacock is also often used to represent wholeness, patience and nurturing.<\/p>\n

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Detail of the selected design for the peacock plate<\/p><\/div>\n

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Detail of the design of the feathers<\/p><\/div>\n

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In some cultures this elegant bird is seen as bringing the message that there are no limits to our dreams and anything is possible if we believe and trust the universe.<\/span><\/p>\n

I think the peacock resembles a very powerful mix of symbolism and beauty and it offers a powerful message to the newly wedded couple.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Details of the feathers in the peacock plate<\/p><\/div>\n

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Details of the feathers in the peacock plate<\/p><\/div>\n

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From the selected design I create a kiln fused glass bowl, which was further engraved to emphasise the texture of the feathers, along with the wishes from the client that commissioned the gift.<\/p>\n

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The peacock plate<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Few months ago, I had the great pleasure of designing and realising a very special wedding gift: a Peacock Bowl.\u00a0I started by creating about 11 different designs (see some examples below); after few hard decisions, the customer set on one design. Before taking this commission I was wondering about what the peacock represents in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The Positive Symbolism of the Peacock - A Wedding Commission","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29,30],"tags":[33,32,47,36,49,48,50],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4EUFy-cc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions\/781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassartistry.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}