Incredible Fruit Pit Carving Art From China
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.
“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.”