Glasslands | Guilin, China
From altitude above Guilin, two thousand years of hand-cut rice terracing resolves into something unexpected - panels of green, gold and standing water divided by boundaries as precise as lead lines in glass.
Open edition - Aerial fine art by Tobias Hägg - 210g natural white art paper, matte finish
archival paper
shipping above €95
Stockholm, Sweden
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The rice terraces of Guangxi province around Guilin have been carved into the hillsides over two thousand years of continuous cultivation. Each terrace is flooded at a different stage of the growing cycle, which means the colour of each panel depends entirely on when you fly - bare earth, standing water, young green shoots, or ripening gold. From altitude the boundaries between them compress into something architectural, the organic curves of hand-cut terracing producing a geometry that no draughtsman would design but that reads with total visual logic from above.
Where Glasslands II favours a tighter, more compressed composition, this image gives more space to the landscape context - the terracing extending further into the frame, the scale of the agricultural system more legible. Both work independently and together as a pair.
Craft & Materials
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte finish - lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Sizes | 30×40 cm - 50×70 cm - 70×100 cm |
| Delivery | 3-14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide - free above €95 |
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte — lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Delivery | 3–14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide — free above €95 |
Glasslands
The rice terraces of Guangxi province around Guilin have been carved into the hillsides over two thousand years of continuous cultivation. Each terrace is flooded at a different stage of the growing cycle, which means the colour of each panel depends entirely on when you fly - bare earth, standing water, young green shoots, or ripening gold. From altitude the boundaries between them compress into something architectural, the organic curves of hand-cut terracing producing a geometry that no draughtsman would design but that reads with total visual logic from above. Where Glasslands II favours a tighter, more compressed composition, this image gives more space to the landscape context - the terracing extending further into the frame, the scale of the agricultural system more legible.
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