Guangfu Nut-carving

Nut-carving is a unique traditional folk art in Suzhou. It has a long history and exquisite skills. Guangfu is the birthplace of modern nut-carving.

Guangfu Nut-carving 光福核雕

The Suzhou nut-carving process is exquisite, the work is lively and the three-dimensional sense is strong; the lines are clear, the characters are vivid, and the style is delicate. It reflects the magical charm of Suzhou craft carving with “delicate, fine and elegant” characteristics and is the outstanding representative of Chinese micro-carving. The Guangfu nut-carving mainly adopts olive core as the material, and the techniques are mainly embossing, carving in the round and openwork, and the shape basically maintains the original shape of the core.

Guangfu Nut-carving 光福核雕

The more vivid the pattern engraved on the olive nucleus is, the more expensive the price will be. There are three series of nut-carving forms: string of beads, pendants and ornaments. There are generally four series of topics reflected: the good luck series, the fairy figures series, the Chinese folk story series and the landscape garden series. Exquisite nut-carving crafts have high artistic value, technical value, practical value and collection value.

Guangfu Nut-carving 光福核雕