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Wednesday
Jun272012

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Fruit pit carving art from China. “Often referred to as ‘an uncanny work of art’, fruit pit carving requires a series of skills and tools in order to produce a fine piece of art." (click photo for larger image)When I was a little girl--my Dad used to carve rings for me, and for my sister, out of peach pits! Every season--when there was a new batch of peaches, out would come Dad’s swiss army knife--to be used as an artist’s tool. Dad was a nature and wildlife artist--and he also loved making things from objects in nature--preserving the integrity of the original. We had tables, stools, cabinets, sculptures--and of course--the peach pit rings. Each ring was a different design. The Chinese elevated fruit pit carving to an art form centuries ago--and, admittedly, they were and are better at it than my Dad had been. But it is the memory of my father’s gifts that inspired my interest in this folk arts form.

Fruit pit carving art from China. “Peach is associated with escape, in Chinese culture, so peach pit carvings are widely used as pendants or on as a string of beads to ward of evil and avoid misfortunes.” (click photo for larger image)

Fruit pit carving art from China.

“The miniature folk art of fruit pit carving has been practiced in China for centuries, and is still praised for turning useless fruit stones into valuable works of art.”

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