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Life Cycle Tiles

Life Cycle Tiles, by John Leon

$30.00

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Artist: John Leon

Medium: Cast Stone

Dimensions (H x W): 4" x 4"

Category: Sculpture

Genre: Floral / Symbolic

Sculpture Display Area: Indoors

$30 per tile. With a purchase of five tiles, a $20 discount will be applied. At checkout, use promo code: life

The overall theme of the tiles is the physical and spiritual interconnectedness of all living things.

EARTHWORMS Are represented by the double spiral design on each tile. They symbolize the earth as the source of life. Earthworms eat soil to grow, and then become soil again when they die. They recycle life by returning it to earth. The two worms form a double spiral, which is also the shape of the Milky Way Galaxy and of the DNA double helix (if you were to flatten it down from its ends).

BIRDS eat worms. And they represent the heavens and air, but at death they return to earth and are recycled by worms. Also, flight and soaring are symbols of creativity and spirituality.

FISH eat worms. And they represent the vitality of water. Also, life under water is symbolic of the subconscious and the mysterious side of life. When fish die, they too, are recycled by worms.

LEAF grows on a tree, falls to earth, is recycled into soil by worms, and becomes the nutrients for new leaves.

CYCLAMEN is a wildflower, native to Greece. The pattern of its blooming forms a loop over the days of the life of each flower. It represents the plant kingdom's life cycles. The plant on the tile shows a new flower bud on the left opening to full bloom at the top and finally withering on the right.

THE ALPHAS & OMEGAS stamped into the tiles represent the beginning and the end, one always leading to the other.

John Leon, Sculptor

Since starting his career as a sculptor in 1980 John Leon has created over 500 bronze sculptures, dozens of stone and wood carvings, and many cast stone and ceramic pieces that can be found in private, public, and corporate collections on five continents.

He has exhibited widely in museums and galleries internationally, including Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina, Sculpture in the Park in Colorado, the National Sculpture Society in New York, and the Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center in Costa Rica. He was one of eighteen sculptors chosen for The First Central American International Stone Carving Symposium in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. He has done commissions for Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, The Procter and Gamble Company, The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, The University of Cincinnati, The Cincinnati Zoo, Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, The University of Dayton, John A. Logan College in Carbondale, Illinois, The Fort Lupton Colorado Fire Department, The American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece, Leidos Corporation in Reston, Virginia and many others.

He is an exhibiting member of the National Sculpture Society and the Cincinnati Art Club. He previously taught stone carving at the Cincinnati Art Academy and currently teaches carving and clay work from his studio. He has been featured in American Artist and Sculptural Pursuit magazines.

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Greek immigrant parents. He began sculpting at Walnut Hills High School, and though mostly self-taught as a sculptor, he gained much knowledge from two mentors, Walter Driesback and Jay Bolotin and a little bit from a few classes at the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Art Academy.