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Ding Li, a post-90s artist in Xianning, Hubei Province: Inherits thousands of years of skills and skillfully makes leaf carvings

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Jimu news reporter Han Ting

Ding Li, a leaf carving artist from Xianning, Hubei Province, was born in 1990.

Ding Li, a post-90s artist in Xianning, Hubei Province: Inherits thousands of years of skills and skillfully makes leaf carvings
Ding Li, a post-90s artist in Xianning, Hubei Province: Inherits thousands of years of skills and skillfully makes leaf carvings

Ding Li began to learn art at the age of 5, and in his artistic career of more than 20 years, he used leaf vein painting as the base and traditional culture as the material to produce a series of colorful and exquisite works. This thousand-year-old technique is called leaf carving. At present, he has created a series of works such as Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Tang Dynasty Western Regions.

Ding Li, a post-90s artist in Xianning, Hubei Province: Inherits thousands of years of skills and skillfully makes leaf carvings
Ding Li, a post-90s artist in Xianning, Hubei Province: Inherits thousands of years of skills and skillfully makes leaf carvings

Ding Li told reporters that the leaf carving production process is very complicated, "a complete leaf carving in the pure manual state after kneading, pruning, hammering, soaking, carving, grinding, ironing, bleaching and other more than 60 processes, the use of painting, micro-engraving, paper-cutting, calligraphy, seal carving and other processes, three or four months to make." ”

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