• Chinese seal carvers

      Chinese seal carvers are traditional craftsmen who make Chinese seals by carving characters and designs onto the base of blocks of stone, wood, ivory, jade and other solid material. Seal carving was a lucrative trade in the past as seals were used in Chinese business ...

    • Idol carvers

      Idol carvers were craftsmen who carved Chinese deities out of wood for worship. They were usually Cantonese and Hokchew working in the Chinatown area. Their work involved not only fine craftsmanship but also an understanding of Chinese gods and goddesses.

    • Joss carving

      Joss carving is the fashioning of joss paste or joss sticks into figurines and idols from Chinese mythology, opera and history. These joss sticks can be 1.2 to 1.5 m high, and elaborately carved with dragon and phoenix motifs, or embossed with colourful divinities. ...

       

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