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Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 3 April 2008 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

At Kuangsheng, my mom and uncle went around to some of the stores looking for wood carvings to buy. In the meantime, I snapped off photos of some of the works when the storekeepers weren't looking. :-P

One of the proudest attributes that woodcarvers like to boast about is how they carve entire pieces out of a single block of wood. This piece is one such accomplishment.

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Photo taken at Kuangsheng, Taiwan on December 16, 2007.

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Rags from Plano, United States

it is a great piece e

3 Apr 2008 5:22am

Koushiro~光子郎 from Singapore, Singapore

Exquisite indeed! Great shot!

3 Apr 2008 9:04am

Teresa Durães from Montijo, Portugal

great shot

3 Apr 2008 9:14am

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

A real masterpiece, wonderful! (Please also have a look on the chicken of my sister, so real but yet so different :)

3 Apr 2008 10:48am

MJ from Delaware, United States

great shot nice piece...

3 Apr 2008 12:25pm

Jrask from Pasadena, United States

These things never cease to amaze me...

3 Apr 2008 3:41pm

Shrig from NorthEast, United States

Very Nice! It's amazing that people can take one piece of wood and make an entire carving out of it.

3 Apr 2008 3:58pm

Saeed from Tehran, Iran

very nice shot. I like the shot :)

3 Apr 2008 5:44pm

Michael from Wuppertal, Germany

Nice shot!

3 Apr 2008 6:49pm

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

What a wonderful piece of art. You captured it very well!

3 Apr 2008 7:01pm

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

That is so cool. Those guys are so talented. I have seen little stones carved like that.

3 Apr 2008 8:12pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Quite amazing and very nicely done, e.!!

3 Apr 2008 8:20pm

bronzebilly u.k. from Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom

Boy oh Boy e,...!!!..that is a superb piece of work,pal...the carving and the image..nice work...
Billy...

3 Apr 2008 10:34pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Simply an amazing piece of carving! bravo for capturing this superb piece.

3 Apr 2008 11:17pm

Ras from Plano, United States

Right out of real life. Good work.

4 Apr 2008 2:20am

Dara from +, United States

an artistic photo, well done

4 Apr 2008 3:55am

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

Crazy what they can do, that's a lot of detail!!

4 Apr 2008 4:41am

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

That’s some accomplishment there . . I always want to ask silly questions like ‘how long did it take?’

4 Apr 2008 9:25am

Rabbit from Richmond, United States

Yeah i would be boasting tooo.

4 Apr 2008 12:24pm

Man with 101 names from Hamburg, United States

Very nice shot , I wonder how many years it takes them and how many pieces of wood too , to perfect their craft ... truly AMAZING !!

6 Apr 2008 2:27pm

Mandy Provan from Johannesburg, South Africa

These carvings are outstanding e. Wow what talented artists!!! Gorgeous captures of them!!

7 Apr 2008 9:35am

Nikon D40X
1/20 second
F/4.0
ISO 1600
82 mm (35mm equiv.)

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