Guliuxi
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to Chen Chunyan, a renowned Chaozhou wood carving master.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in February 1954, a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. He is a senior arts and crafts artist. He has a comprehensive command of the traditional crafts of Chaozhou wood carving; he is highly skilled in relief, sunken carving, full-round carving and pierced carving, excels in lacquering and gold-leaf application, and has a distinctive approach to carving divine images. He is best known for openwork carvings of "lobster and crab baskets", which represent the highest achievement of his art. He has long been enthusiastic about transmission work and has trained more than three hundred people, many of whom have become leading figures in Chaozhou wood carving. In recent years he has also founded the Chaozhou Wood Carving Art Museum and has actively taught at vocational schools.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Chaozhou wood carving, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. His works include a giant rosewood "Three-Tiered Lobster and Crab Basket" 28 meters high, made over three years, and many other award-winning pieces.
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