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<p>[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 9832559, member: 86775"]Crystal carving, it’s a big world and these are lofty claims but I wouldn’t post this here if it wasn’t something special.</p><p><br /></p><p>WingWen I’m told is ranked among the best Crystal carvers in the world this is some of his work images are a mix of my pictures, images from a book a friend of mine wrote, and images provided by the Artist, I have permission to use all of these pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>his studio is in central China I believe near Nian, I’ve been to his studio several times but travel around China can get confusing and I don’t remember the exact location but we are friends with a number of jade carvers in this area there and many carving studios, and enormous jade market under a large tent that covers more than the size of 2 football fields as well as several square city block area of hard wall shops, open air booths and dozens of small factories dedicated to selling , jade blanks a large percentage of which are fake treated and/or aged destined to shops in tourist areas everywhere. There is also street food a lot of it middle eastern that’s a heavy influence as many dealers from border countries frequent the markets.</p><p><br /></p><p>the most remarkable carvings are made from enormous flawless crystals from Brazil many upwards of 5 ton each saved from the mine for this artist. These large crystals are studied for years before carving begins. A team of carvers working directly under the master will spend 2 to 3 years carving one of these large crystals before polishing can commence, polish is meticulously done by hand with small sanding strips back and forth switching across the previous stroke each grit change and the polishing process will take another 2 to 3 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t know the final price in these money alone will not get you one.</p><p><br /></p><p>wingWen picking from his garden, his studio in the background</p><p>[ATTACH=full]490806[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490807[/ATTACH]</p><p>carving this was his #1 student now running his own studio</p><p>[ATTACH=full]490808[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>various Crystal carvings… there are also jade and coral these focus on his crystal.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]490809[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490810[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490811[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490812[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490813[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490814[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490815[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 9832559, member: 86775"]Crystal carving, it’s a big world and these are lofty claims but I wouldn’t post this here if it wasn’t something special. WingWen I’m told is ranked among the best Crystal carvers in the world this is some of his work images are a mix of my pictures, images from a book a friend of mine wrote, and images provided by the Artist, I have permission to use all of these pictures. his studio is in central China I believe near Nian, I’ve been to his studio several times but travel around China can get confusing and I don’t remember the exact location but we are friends with a number of jade carvers in this area there and many carving studios, and enormous jade market under a large tent that covers more than the size of 2 football fields as well as several square city block area of hard wall shops, open air booths and dozens of small factories dedicated to selling , jade blanks a large percentage of which are fake treated and/or aged destined to shops in tourist areas everywhere. There is also street food a lot of it middle eastern that’s a heavy influence as many dealers from border countries frequent the markets. the most remarkable carvings are made from enormous flawless crystals from Brazil many upwards of 5 ton each saved from the mine for this artist. These large crystals are studied for years before carving begins. A team of carvers working directly under the master will spend 2 to 3 years carving one of these large crystals before polishing can commence, polish is meticulously done by hand with small sanding strips back and forth switching across the previous stroke each grit change and the polishing process will take another 2 to 3 years. I don’t know the final price in these money alone will not get you one. wingWen picking from his garden, his studio in the background [ATTACH=full]490806[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490807[/ATTACH] carving this was his #1 student now running his own studio [ATTACH=full]490808[/ATTACH] various Crystal carvings… there are also jade and coral these focus on his crystal. [ATTACH=full]490809[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490810[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490811[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490812[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490813[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490814[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490815[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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