“A new art form emerging out of China. Creating these leaf carvings is no easy process, taking the delicate precision from a skilled artisan. With a knife, the leaf is slowly scraped of its outer layers, eventually revealing a near transparent surface. Special care is given to keep the veins intact to preserve the stability of the leaf.
Artists prefer using the leaves of the Chinar tree, native to India, Pakistan, and China. Resembling maple leaves, the distribution of veins in the Chinar leaves are the best suited for sculpting–and they are considered ‘lucky’ in Chinese tradition.
The process of producing a single leaf carving is said to take months of careful work. When the artwork is finished, the leaves are then preserved and framed–ensuring that they will last for decades.”
(Thanks Claire)
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Oh my goodness, this is amazing! What detailed artwork. I am an artist myself but I don’t think I would ever have the patience to sit for over a month on one piece. Kudos to the artist!
This is somewhat “banksy” like. I could bore you with why I see his err.., “hand” here but regardless, it is work of absolute beauty and it doesn’t matter if I’m right or not.Thanks for sharing and to whomever created these images, thanks for your abilities and for sharing.
This method of art seems very beautiful, and more fascinatingly, the whole ‘natural’ theme it gives of makes it seem more fulfilling. I can imagine some chinese guy sitting before a stone table on the floor, listening to tai-chi songs- or Enya xD -and carving away at the leaf in calm concentration.
I’m wowing out loud for this one.