Fo Guang Shan (North Island) Art Gallery ‘Liao Tian Zhao Stone Carved Teapots Exhibition’

Fo Guang Shan (North Island) Art Gallery ‘Liao Tian Zhao stone carved teapots exhibition’ will be held from 22 May to 29 August. Liao Tian Zhao is the founder of the art of creating stone carved teapots which he began 40 years ago in Taiwan. He is fastidious in the modeling of each teapot which have a sense of aestheticism and practicality in that they can also be used for making tea. During the past 30 years he has created more than one thousand teapots; each one a different size and unique shape.
Recently he has changed to creating different styles of carvings but continues to use stone as the medium. For Liao Tianzhao stone evokes a special emotion within him. He says that life is very short but the stone, because it comes from nature, will last for ever and in this way he can record his life in something solid and tangible; retaining the beauty of nature and integrate his own creative ideas.