Shanghai inkstone carving

Inkstone engraving is a delicate carving on inkstone, which can add icing on the cake to an inkstone with excellent quality. It often takes years to make an inkstone. This kind of art originated in the Qin and Han Dynasties more than 2,000 years ago, and it developed at the same time as China's calligraphy and painting. Ink stone carving needs high-quality ink stone as raw material. Duanxi Stone in Guangdong, China, Huishi in Anhui, Taoshi in Gansu, Zishi in Hunan, Longwei Stone in Jiangxi, Helan Stone in Ningxia, etc., are all famous excellent inkstones since ancient times. Artists use these special stone materials, adopt traditional brick carving and stone carving techniques, make a composition with stone, and carve various shapes and colorful inkstones according to their materials. This kind of inkstone is not only practical, but also available for people to enjoy. Shanghai inkstone carving is famous for its elegant modeling and vigorous knife cutting. On the basis of inheriting brick carving and stone carving, his carving techniques also absorb the essence of stone carving and other arts, and use the method of combining deep and shallow carving to make his works full of three-dimensional sense. Themes are mostly taken from still lives such as vegetables, melons and fruits, and there are also a few patterns such as fish and insects, which have unique local characteristics.
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