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Longyan woodcarving artist

Ke Shiren, Longan woodcarving artist

Ke, Fujian woodcarving artist in the late Qing Dynasty. People from Xiangyuan Village, Fuzhou. He is a famous "Xiangyuan School" craftsman of longan wood carving. "xiang yuan School" is also called "Parker School". Ke is good at carving works with different styles by chopping, cutting, carving and picking according to the properties of boxwood, mahogany and bamboo. Ke is good at integrating the traditional techniques of predecessors. He is good at carving ancient figures and other circular sculptures, and has made shooting pictures, Pu Xian, Dharma, Guanyin and Tieguaizi.

Longan Woodcarving Artist —— Chen Tianci

Chen Tianci was a famous woodcarver in Fuzhou in the late Qing Dynasty. Fuzhou Osaka people. He studied in Ke Zhongchuan in his early years. Those who are good at carving immortals and buddhas should also spend flowers and birds. The knife method takes large pieces of chopping, and the works are rough and powerful, with simple style and clear purpose. Long-term research on longan wood carving. The longan woodcarving figures he created, whose teeth and eyes were made of bones and dyed brown, made the figures more vivid and became popular for a period of time. As the founder of "Osaka School" woodcarving, Osaka School is also called "Pai Cheng".