1515Art Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Some family from China came for a visit last week and brought some rock my wife bought a while back to use for decoration in the studio and as small items for sale. Everything is all natural colors untreated chalcedony, the carvers are just real good at bringing out the design they see in the stone and using the natural features. The tempura and peanuts are all individual little pieces of different colors, the bacon is just polished a little otherwise pretty much as found. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 fantastic artistry!!! fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasong Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Nice! Love how they even left a little thin white film over the yolk of the eggs...pretty accurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Fred, Jason...the artists are amazing and visiting their studios watching them work is a very humbling experience. It teaches you patience, I've got one friend in central China area and one of the things he carves are these 5 ton crystals from Brazil, some are flawless. He will spend sometimes 2 or 3 years just studying the stone before ever touching it with a tool, then another 5 years for a dozen carvers to cut and polish the design. The work is breath taking as are the prices these things command. the picture is one of his students carving a smaller crystal, the master carver is this cool guy who looks like a Chinese version of "Doc" from "Back to the Future" most of my photos from there a on a memory card someplace. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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