Stone Garden Statues

Shadow carving is one of the design techniques of stone carving. A new handicraft developed on the basis of the early "needle black and white" craft. The earliest works were not created by Hui'an artists in the 1960s. They are all based on photos, so they are called "shadow carving". This kind of carving is made of jade crystal lake bluestone sawn into flat plates. First, the surface is polished. By using its chiseling characteristics, it can show the white spots. With sharp tools, it can carve out micro dots of different sizes, depths, and densities. Only different levels of black and white can be divided, so that the image is displayed. It is not only delicate and lifelike, but also unique. It is the development of Stone Carving towards pure artistry, opening up a new path for stone carving production.