The New Conceptual Sculpture “The Faun’s Tiger”
The Faun’s Tiger is a symbol of mutual understanding.
The sculpture depicts a roaring tiger, from whose mouth a peony blossoms.
This is a conceptual sculpture that explores the psychology of perception and the fragility of human mutual understanding - a truly emotional and symbolic art piece.
Сonceptual sculpture “The Faun’s Tiger”
Background
The idea and concept for this piece were conceived long ago. The Faun’s Tiger was originally meant to emerge in the Year of the Tiger, 2022, during the blooming season of peonies in Ukraine…
The first finished prototypes were created on February 21st, 2022. Three days later, a full-scale war broke out, and the project fell into silence - for three long years.
Only now, after this pause, has the sculpture finally been brought to life - handcrafted with care and meaning in our Italian art workshop.
And so, today, we lift the curtain slightly on the past, to share the fruit of the present.
This time, to better convey the idea forged within this image, I’ve written a short philosophical tale for you...
The sculpture “The Faun’s Tiger”
Concept:
In the depths of the forest, where the mist lies like silk and the wind whispers with the leaves, lived little Fauna - a girl with an open soul, woven from light and the Absolute of inspiration.
Her father, the Faun, entrusted her care to the Tiger.
This guardian of the forest was the embodiment of kindness, strength, and wisdom - a being who knew the laws of nature and understood the language of the wind.
The Tiger followed Fauna everywhere, protected her, warned her, guided her.
But every time he opened his mouth to speak, fear would seize her...
His voice - mighty and deep - sounded to her like a roar that made her tremble: rough, threatening, frightening...
She saw danger where there was only love and care and stepped back in fear.
To the Tiger, his words sounded like simple reminders of safety, stories of forest life, of nature’s secrets.
But every time he saw Fauna retreat in fear, he would fall silent.
This silent rupture, this discord between sound and meaning, became a wall between them.
Fauna’s father saw this pain. And he knew: the problem was not in the Tiger, and not in Fauna, but in their mutual understanding, based on their perception of each other.
Then he turned to the forest’s magic and said:
“Every sound carries intention, but what we ultimately hear is often born from our own fears, hopes, and experiences.
Let the Tiger’s voice now speak directly to her heart, so that beyond the sound, she may hear his soul.”
And in that very moment, something changed.
When the Tiger spoke again, instead of a roar, Fauna heard a sound like the blooming of a thousand flowers.
His voice became a shimmer of petals, a quiet hymn of tenderness...
Now she saw: behind his strength was care, behind the loudness - love, behind the roar - a desire to be understood.
Their friendship bloomed like a field of peonies.
She was no longer afraid, and he no longer fell silent.
Every sound became a bridge, every silence - a continuation of mutual understanding.
The sculpture of a Tiger with an open mouth from which a peony blooms is not just an artistic image.
It is a metaphor for the human nature of perception - of our voices and our fears.
Words do not exist in a vacuum - their sound is shaped by the one who listens.
We often hear not the true intention, but the echo of our own thoughts - of doubts, worries, and experience.
And we often fail to hear how we truly sound to others.
How often do we speak with kindness, yet are heard with suspicion?
How often do others cry out in pain, and we hear only anger?
The Tiger reminds us to become aware of how our voice sounds, how it is perceived, and what might lie behind someone else’s roar.
This modern figurative sculpture speaks of the psychology of our perception, which directly affects our ability to understand one another.
This work reveals one of the fundamental laws of human interaction: we perceive the world through the filters of our own experience.
Perception is not a mirror - it is a refraction.
The Tiger may have spoken of love, but Fauna felt threatened, refracting what she heard through the prism of her inner fear.
To truly understand each other, it is equally important to know how to speak and how to listen.
To listen with empathy, to see beyond the words to the true intention - not a version distorted by our own minds.
And to speak in a way that allows the listener to feel our true emotions.
A Tiger with a blooming flower in its mouth is not just a work of art.
It is a symbol of mutual understanding.
This sculpture invites us to become more attentive to what we say - and to how we listen.
It tells us: learn to speak so that your words of love sound like blossoming flowers, and to listen so that behind a roar, you can hear a soul.
You can get to know the sculpture "The Faun’s Tiger" through the link.
