Qingdao shell carving is disentombing and develop on the foundation of successive our country's ancient traditional art rise. According to textual research, period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, people already conch wear all sorts of adornment are enchased on implements, created original " snail pliable but strong " enchase craft. 20 centuries at the beginning of 60 time, qingdao is planted in this " mother-of-pearl inlay " the development on the foundation removed shell carving, established plant of Qingdao shell carving, sum up experience ceaselessly, make a technology excelsior.
Qingdao shell carving is with river, river, lake, sea all sorts of medium conch are raw material, the inherent characteristic such as the natural color that uses shell, grain and body, because of material Shi Yi, course design, choose makings, broken form, kibble, essence to the craft such as vulture, combination is made and be become. Shell carving actor people the ability law with wonderful artical excelling nature, vulture, stick, gush, picture is used, the art of composition of traditional Chinese painting of derive tradition, draw lessons from a variety of ability laws such as tooth, jade, stone carving, vulture gives norms diversity of various, design and color, elegant common in all rich half stereo or the shell carving picture that is close to stereo type. What their carve makes is 3 meters long, 2 meters wide much giant painted screen " civil pursue into Tibet into the princess " , there are 84 people on, it is the emissary of civil and military that article of Tangchao send off becomes a princess and band flags at the same time; It is the member that Tibet greets close article military officer, band and yak at the same time wait. Composition of a picture of whole shell carving is precise, distinct, colour Xuan Li, image is clear, configuration each different, atmosphere is enthusiastic, racily emersion civil the spectacular event that enters Tibet into the princess. Besides such large work, the fish that their carve makes, shrimp, crab also lifelike, in course of study of domestic person of the same trade first point to, in enjoy domestic and internationally fill copy out.
Technology of painting of Qingdao shell carving is masterly, composition is novel, modelling is beautiful, colour and lustre is lively, have distinctive color, 1982, rank in appraise through comparison of countrywide shell carving 2, wait for 10 many countries to exhibit in Japan, England, Germany, France, Kuwait early or late, obtain extremely high opinion, 60 many nations of popular world mix the product area.