Liu Hongli
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnic group, born in March 1969 in Quyang County, Hebei Province. He is a Chinese Arts and Crafts Master. Influenced from childhood by the carving atmosphere of his home region and by his father, he developed a love for the art of carving and successively learned painting and carving from his elders. In the stages of stone carving, namely rough shaping, carving the face, blocking out, refinement and polishing, he has developed a set of accomplished skills; in round carving, openwork carving and relief carving he follows ancient methods while bringing distinctive creativity, with concise knife work, solid grounding and superb technique; he has invented a grafting technique for carved stone Buddhist images. His principal works include Shakyamuni in Two Colours, White Marble Guanyin, Thousand-Armed Guanyin, Seated Buddha and Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers. In order to transmit and develop the craft of stone carving, he established the Quyang Hongzhou Stone Carving Teaching Workshop and a bearer's studio, and has taken on many apprentices.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Quyang Stone Carving, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Quyang Stone Carving Ⅶ-34
Profile
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