Commissioned by a revered waterworks patron, the owner of Sanwa Thailand and his Feng Shui master, this sacred sculpture serves not only as a water fountain but as a symbolic convergence of flow, continuity, and grounded prosperity.
A singular, oversized block of Thai granite, selected for both its geological resilience and harmonious grain was sculpted into a continuous infinity loop to anchor the front court of the client's home. According to spiritual counsel, water was to pass through this form as a “bridge of continuity,” ensuring wealth and energy would flow uninterrupted through the residence.
The form was resolved through multiple guided sessions with the patron and his spiritual advisor, each curve refined to exacting standards — down to a tolerance of 0.1 millimeters. This sculpture was achieved through a calibrated combination of CNC precision and artisan eye, ensuring that not a single gesture deviated from the original spiritual intent.
Final placement involved multi-tiered basin alignment to cradle the sculpture in concentric circles of water, echoing the continuous motion of the piece itself. Every line, polish, and plane was executed to instill presence without excess — a silent architecture of blessing and form.
Stone: Thai Granite
Size: 4.5x2.5x1.08
Spiritual Direction: Form approved by client’s Feng Shui master
Tools Used: 5-axis CNC-calibrated cutting, hand refinement to final contour
Purpose: To guide continuous water flow for prosperity and energetic balance
Location: Private Residence, Bangkok
The Luang Pu Sao Monument Pole rises in ten individually carved sections to honor Luang Pu Sao Kantasilo, one of the most revered patriarchs of Thailand’s forest meditation lineage. Rather than commemorating his life through a single image alone, the monument unfolds his journey in ascending stages, from origin and formation, to renunciation and practice, to spiritual realization, and finally to the lotus of transcendence. In this way, the Monument stands as a symbolic ascent through the life, virtue, and enduring legacy of the master himself.
At over 10 meters in height, the monument is composed of ten distinct stone levels, each carrying its own spiritual and narrative significance. The lower sections establish foundation, birthplace, and identity. The middle sections give form to the life of practice, discipline, and lineage through which Luang Pu Sao shaped generations of monks. The upper sections gradually move beyond biography into pure sacred symbolism, culminating in the lotus — an image that expresses enlightenment, purity rising above the world, and the enduring identity of Ubon Ratchathani, the lotus city from which his earthly journey began.
Level 1 — Base
The foundation of faith. This first section represents steadiness, humility, and the grounded strength upon which the life of the master was built.
Level 2 — Lotus Leaves
The first movement toward purity. The lotus leaves suggest life still rooted in the world, yet already beginning to rise beyond it.
Level 3 — The City of Origin
This section tells the story of Ubon Ratchathani, the homeland of Luang Pu Sao — the place where his life began and where the first roots of his spiritual lineage were planted. The symbolism is especially fitting, as Ubon is deeply associated with the image of the lotus.
Level 4 — Early Formation
This stage represents the shaping of character in the early years of life — the gradual formation of virtue, discipline, and the inward turning that would later lead toward the monastic path.
Level 5 — Entry into the Path
This level expresses ordination, restraint, and the conscious turning away from worldly life toward the path of renunciation and spiritual training.
Level 6 — Forest Practice and Lineage
This section reflects the austere life of wandering practice, meditation in solitude, and Luang Pu Sao’s foundational role in establishing the forest tradition that would later guide generations of monks, most notably through his influence on Ajahn Mun.
Level 7 — Realization and Teaching
Here the monument rises into the spiritual height of the master’s life — steadfast practice, inner realization, and the quiet authority of a teacher whose presence and example spoke more deeply than words.
Level 8 — Passing, Relics, and Devotion
This level serves as the bridge from earthly life into veneration. It carries the themes of final years, serene passing, cremation, and the continuing devotion through which disciples honor his relics and memory.
Level 9 — Lotus Base
The prepared seat of transcendence. At this stage, the monument leaves biography behind and enters the realm of sacred symbol.
Level 10 — Lotus Flower
The lotus in its fullest form represents enlightenment, purity above suffering, and at the same time the identity of Ubon, the lotus city from which Luang Pu Sao’s journey began. The story thus returns to its point of origin, yet transformed into something higher and timeless.
For BMG, the significance of this project lies in more than its size. Each carved section functions as a chapter, transforming stone into sacred storytelling. Read from the ground upward, the monument becomes a spiritual narrative in vertical form, one that honors not only the memory of Luang Pu Sao, but the path of discipline, humility, and awakening that he left behind. The result is a work of devotion, lineage, and permanence, where craftsmanship serves reverence and stone becomes a vessel for remembrance and celebration of a rising path from earthly origin to spiritual awakening.
Stone: Black Galaxy
Size: 3.5x15.5
Client: Wat Pa Nong Oor
Tools Used:3D scanning, 5-axis CNC carving, CNC Diamond Wire
Purpose: As a reminder and celebration of Luang Pu Sao Kantasilo
Location: Wat Pa Dan ViVek. Bueng Kan,Thailand
Black Galaxy Wat Pa Nong Or Wat Pa Dan ViVek. Bueng Kan,Thailand
Set within the stillness of the Columbia River Gorge, Pacific Hermitage is a small Theravada forest monastery shaped by the quiet discipline of the Thai Forest Tradition. Established in 2010 as a branch of Abhayagiri Monastery, it was created as a place of solitude where monks devote themselves to meditation, study, restrained living, and daily alms rounds in the surrounding community. Its significance does not lie in ceremonial scale or architectural grandeur, but in the spiritual clarity of its purpose — a life grounded in renunciation, inner cultivation, and the living continuity of Dhamma practice.
That identity gives the place its rare depth. Pacific Hermitage is defined by its quietness and presence. It is a monastery where simplicity becomes strength, where few possessions and disciplined living support the contemplative life, and where the relationship between monks and followers remains direct, personal, and alive. In this sense, the atmosphere of the Hermitage remains deeply faithful to the heart of the forest lineage itself.
For such a setting, BMG was entrusted with the creation of a Preaching Buddha in red sandstone — a sacred work of profound doctrinal and spiritual significance. This is not merely a Buddha image in a teaching gesture. It is a form rooted in the First Sermon at Sarnath, where the Buddha first set the Wheel of Dhamma in motion. Through the Dhammacakka mudrā, the image recalls the opening proclamation of the Four Noble Truths and the beginning of the path as it has been transmitted across generations. Created specifically for the Hermitage’s Monks’ Retreat House, the work was conceived as a focal point for contemplation, teaching, and living Dhamma.
What makes this project especially meaningful is the way it unites the place, lineage, and material. The Buddha is described as the twin of a Buddha created for Wat Pah Boon Lorm in Ubon Ratchathani, linking the Hermitage directly back to its Thai Forest roots. The red sandstone itself deepens that continuity, carrying with it a sense of origin, memory, and devotion. In this context, the Buddha becomes a bridge between Thailand and Pacific Hermitage Temple itself.
Through material, form, and reverence, BMG sought to give lasting presence to a sacred moment in Buddhist history while honoring the life of practice that continues to sustain it today.
Stone: Red Sandstone
Size: 2.3x1.2x0.9
Client: Pacific Hermitge
Tools Used: 5-axis CNC carving and Hand Refinement
Purpose: To connect the Temple with its Thai Origin
Location: Pacific Hermitage, White Salmon USA
Wat Phai Lom in Nakhon Pathom is a temple where faith is expressed through worship and remembrance, as well as through active care for the community. Rooted in a long monastic history near Phra Pathom Chedi and deeply associated with the legacy of Luang Por Phun, the temple has grown into a place where spiritual devotion and public service remain closely intertwined. In recent years, that spirit has taken visible form through temple-led healthcare initiatives, including the development of a hemodialysis center intended to expand access to treatment for patients in need within the temple's premises.
It is within this spirit of compassion that "The Universal Luck Coin or เหรียญหนุนดวงครอบจักรวาล" was created. Developed through a formal collaboration between Wat Phai Lom, Khlongchan Credit Union, and BMG Bangkok Modern Granite, the project was conceived as more than a commemorative coin or sacred object. Its purpose was clear: to help generate support for the temple’s healthcare mission, especially the continued development of its hemodialysis center.
This project brings together belief, material, and mercy. Publicly presented with ritual ceremonies in raw rock form, Lapis lazuli blocks were blessed before it was carved. The result are coins with sacred Yandra that believes to bring luck, and what it certainly bring is tangible support for life and healing.
For BMG, this is what makes the work meaningful. The value of the project does not end in form. It lies in what the object is meant to do in the world. In the case of Wat Phai Lom, the coin becomes more than a sacred token. It becomes a bridge between reverence and relief, between temple blessing and medical care, and between spiritual intention and the preservation of life itself.
Stone: Lapiz lazuli
Size: Multiple size
Client: Wat Phai Lorm
Tools Used: High-Precision carving machine
Purpose: Generate revenue to subsidize for Phailorm Hemodialysis Center
Location: Wat Phai Lorm Nakorn Pathom, Thailand
Lapiz Lazuli Wat Phai Lorm Wat Phai Lorm Nakorn Pathom, Thailand
Wat Suvarnabhumi Buddhajayanti was conceived as a Buddhist landmark of exceptional scale and meaning. Established in Samut Prakan under the inspiration of Phra Thepphodhivides (Veerayut Veerayuttho) of Wat Thai Buddhagaya, the temple was created to commemorate 2,600 years since the Buddha’s enlightenment and to dedicate merit to His Majesty, Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the occasion of his 70th year on the throne.
At the heart of the temple stands the Phra Maha Chedi Buddhagaya, a monumental sacred structure whose purpose is inseparable from remembrance, merit, and devotion. The chedi’s connects the temple to Buddhagaya, reinforcing the temple’s role as a place of pilgrimage and reverence on a broader Buddhist scale.
Within this sacred setting, BMG carried out a comprehensive stone program that contributes directly to the temple’s architectural and devotional presence. Executed primarily in White Carrara and Black Zimbabwe, the works include 51 carved marble Buddha installed around the base of the Phra Maha Chedi Buddhagaya, together with three types of small chedis in Arabescato marble. Together, they form a unified field of sacred stone that extends the spiritual presence of the central monument outward into the surrounding environment.
The significance of this work lies in its completeness. The Buddha sculptures establish rhythm, reverence, and continuity around the base of the great chedi. The smaller chedis deepen the ceremonial landscape, adding further points of focus, offering, and devotion.
At Wat Suvarnabhumi Buddhajayanti, BMG’s contribution belongs to a larger act of sacred construction — one that links architecture with merit, stone with remembrance, and Thailand with one of the most important spiritual narratives in the Buddhist world. The result is a temple environment shaped for pilgrimage, contemplation, and enduring reverence.
Stone: Arabescato, Black Zimbubwe
Size: Mutipal size
Client: Wat Suvarnabumi
Location: Wat Suvarnabumi, Samut Prakan Thailand
Arabescato, Black Zimbabwe Wat Suvarnabumi Wat Suvarnabumi, Samut Prakan Thailand
