Liu: Let every work have its own language.
Sculpture artist Liu, young and seemingly ordinary, is unique in his sculpture art of "general art" and shocked the industry.
Different from ordinary sculptures, his works can be viewed from all angles. With the rotation of the angle, the distance of the scenery and the brightness of the light, the work presents a special artistic charm that is solemn, bright, smooth, profound or mysterious.
1974, Liu was born in Putian, Fujian, the "hometown of sculpture". This seaside town, located along the coast of Fujian, is known as "Zou Lu on the seashore" and "a famous literary country" with rich cultural background. Liu grew up in this cultural atmosphere where even the air is full of artistic elements.
1988, Liu Shi, who was only 15 years old, learned carving skills from a famous folk woodcarving teacher in Putian, and then traveled to Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places many times to learn from the teacher.
Putian woodcarving belongs to the art of circular carving, which combines woodcarving, stone carving, tooth carving and other carving techniques. Putian woodcarving art requires high carving skills, and its works are easily damaged, so it requires high carving skills. It usually takes several years to fully learn all the carving techniques.
Liu is diligent and spiritual. On the basis of good inheritance, he paid attention to the innovation of wood carving skills, and strived for each work to have its own unique artistic language, which soon won high praise in the industry. Now, after more than 20 years of artistic exploration and practice, it has formed its own artistic style of "Magnolia officinalis is elegant, ethereal and lively".
Over the years, Liu has been carving precious wood such as agarwood and sandalwood, and has made many exquisite bamboo carving crafts. In recent years, he also dabbled in the development, research and creation of thousand-year-old dark wood such as nanmu and ebony, and sometimes introduced fine products.
20 1 1 Liu, through years of research and practice, has successfully developed a series of "hollow rotary carving art" products, which can be viewed from multiple angles, breaking the viewing habit of carving products that can only be viewed from one side for thousands of years, causing great shock and sensation in the carving world. In 20 13, he won the gold medal in China Arts and Crafts Fair and applied for the invention patent certificate.