Incorporating Quan Yin into the Weave


There are certain images that stay with you.

Years ago, I made a lino print of Quan Yin and she’s been tucked away in my studio. She’s moved with me through different spaces, different phases of life. But I couldn’t throw her away.

As I’ve been building panels for Weave of Life, I’ve been asking myself:

What deserves to be carried forward?

What can be transformed instead of discarded?

So I brought Quan Yin back out.

In the video attached, you’ll see me carefully cutting her from the old print and embedding her into an encaustic panel.

Quan Yin represents compassion, mercy, and kindness. Her name translates to: She who hears the cries of the world.

Thanks for following along as this work unfolds.

More soon.

— Nancy


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Weave of Life Project: In Progress

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