Song Shiyi
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in December 1942 in Beijing. Senior craft artist and Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. In 1964 he graduated from the sculpture programme of the Beijing School of Arts and Crafts and joined the Beijing Jade Factory, where he studied under Wang Shusen and other senior artists and devoted himself to the design and making of jade objects. He later pursued further study at the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, and the Central Academy of Fine Arts. His skills draw on many sources and assimilate the strengths of various schools, and he has developed distinctive approaches to materials including jadeite, white nephrite, agate, coral, turquoise and rock crystal. His works range widely in subject and form, are elegant in tone, rigorous in structure, exacting in composition, graceful in modelling and fine in execution, and have earned him a reputation in jade-carving circles summed up in the phrase Bei Song Nan Gu (Song of the North, Gu of the South). His works have won numerous awards, and representative pieces include Songshi Huangdaopo Xiang (Turquoise Portrait of Huang Daopo), Manao Banna Yue (Agate Moon over Banna) and Sichou zhi Lu (The Silk Road). He has taken as apprentices Su Ran, Song Jiayin, Song Jiale and others.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of jade carving (Beijing jade carving), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Jade Carving Ⅶ-57
- Jade Carving Ⅶ-57
- Jade Carving Ⅶ-57
- Jade Carving Ⅶ-57
- Jade Carving Ⅶ-57
- Jade Carving Ⅶ-57
- Jade Carving Ⅶ-57
Profile
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