shell mosaic/picture

Shell carving artists, based on the traditional snail-shell inlay technique, adopted the composition of Chinese painting and absorbed the skills of tooth carving and wood carving, and formed their own unique style, carving various and interesting relief pictures. On the screen, the mountains are stacked, the cypresses are pine, the clouds are flowing, and the fairy pavilion is beautiful, natural and free and poetic. The fascinating shell carving painting of Beidaihe Fisherman's Song shows "Eagle Pavilion" and "Dove Nest" standing on the top of the grotesque rocks at close range. The prospect is that white sails are dotted in the vast sea, seagulls are beating against the blue sky, making Beidaihe's green waters and green mountains and places of interest panoramic. Its carved flowers, birds, insects and grass are lifelike, and the characters and costumes in classical novels and dramas such as A Dream of Red Mansions and The Journey to the West are also lifelike. Artists use the natural color, texture and shape of shells, according to the design requirements of patterns, after cutting, grinding and mosaic. Its craft is fine and its decoration is exquisite. Some shells are cut and ground as thin as cicada wings, some as small as rice grains, some as thin as hair, and some as bright as pearls.
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