Growing silence of the arts of the Yellow River egg stone carving

The Yellow the egg stone carving, is someone called Lanzhou the the egg stone carving or riverbed eggs stone carving, is selected after the years of the Yellow River water erosion tempered by pebbles, borrows its original natural form and pattern, give full play to the artistic imagination of the creators, with Jade carving methods refined art. 1974, the plant jade division of Gansu arts and crafts baicalensis new Wei pioneered the technology, the egg stone carving after decades of development and enhance underway transformation from crafts to art.
However, compared to its various praise in terms the Lanzhou the egg stone carving of the survival status of their visibility in local, too, seemed embarrassed a bit ...
A pebble Castle

carving granite
Stared at the stone, his thoughts Trent fly, any party world roaming in imagination, sometimes of Health issued a fun story, and sometimes think Jixiang Rui intended, sometimes think of a historical figure, sometimes simply is an inspiration, do not know what the origin, pencil sketched out a rough outline of the stone.

granite angel sculpture
Some are already picking up rocks probably conceived. Sometimes, in the face of a feel nothing very unique Yellow Stone, inspiration or not out when the clock Hao will become affectionate and tangled. "That was the most painful time, somewhere always felt that the stone can make a good thing, I could not think of what to do, casually make a feel wasted, not easy to come across a good stone, also have to say fate. know everyone is still long-term adherence to do egg stone carving, it was only the bell Koichi often at this time, he will always be facing the stone gaze, looking through the books, and walked out on circle, and then continue to scrutinize their own "baby pimple, to see momentum Jingtingshan great Li Bai.
Then, in a moment, finally sobering inspiration highlight hand started to write down, the lines thin described in the stone surface of the black points "flaws" just do two eyes, black for the beard, the top layer of blue, and after several modifications, became a face of angry staring eyes, the rest can be left blank, leaving endless source of fascination, followed by the necessary place a little sanding, a feast for the eyes, "Zhong Kui" to do become. Zhong Kui Feng Qi, Zhang Mei into the temples, eyes faint revealing a son of evil spirits. Later, with this piece and silkworm, eagles sent for exhibition, and also won the 2006 National Arts and Crafts Award for outstanding creative.
Stone upside down and completely like an ordinary stone, probably by the riverside, is not easy to find there is a world wonders. Gansu Province Arts and Crafts Association Deputy Secretary-General Chen Perot emotion, more than once a decadent egg stone carving "magic power".
With inspiration, Zhong Hao's mood suddenly relaxed. Everywhere are well-designed, you must give full consideration to the stone's color, shape, pattern, a little bit not in place may undermine the artistic effect. Since then, it is carved. Yellow stone selected are generally very high hardness of granite, have to rely on the machine to. Electric knife is a very good grasp of the smooth surface of the Yellow Stone easily "slip" to run it by tracing the trajectory of, is not an easy thing. Chung Hao had friends kiheung eggs he learned stone carving, practice a few months, could not let the machine obediently obedient ", and finally gave up only.