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Jin Ashan, male, born in December 1944, a native of Dalian, Liaoning Province, the third Asia-Pacific handicraft master, the fourth China Arts and Crafts Master, Liaoning craftsman, Dalian craftsman, is a senior arts and crafts artist, Dalian shell carving intangible cultural heritage representative inheritor, the fifth and sixth vice president of China Arts and Crafts Association, honorary president of Dalian Handicraft Artists Association, director of Dalian Arts and Crafts Research Institute.
"Turning waste into treasure"
Dalian shell carving into thousands of households
After 58 years of art, when it comes to the complete process from shells to shell carvings, Jin Ahan is very familiar with it, that is, a process of "turning waste into treasure". On the basis of inheriting the traditional shell carving skills, Jin Ashan comprehensively absorbs the excellent techniques of ivory carving, jade carving, wood carving and stone carving, and summarizes more than ten shell carving processes such as design, material selection, rough blank treatment, fine embryo treatment, manual fine carving, rough grinding, polishing, three-dimensional shaping, combined assembly, etc., and innovates and researches the "shell softening molding process", which has won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the first prize of the Ministry of Light Industry Science and Technology Progress Award, which is the only scientific research achievement in this field so far. Jin Ahsan has the courage to break the frame of shell carving paintings, insists on innovation and upgrading, and the shell carving products are becoming more and more abundant. Nowadays, Dalian shell carving has completely "walked down from the wall", integrated into various fields, applied to architectural decorations, background walls, vases, mobile phone cases, lamps, jewelry, door curtains and other daily necessities, so that the "Dalian shell carving" time-honored brand continues to glow vigorously.
Innovation and upgrading
From shell carvings to artworks and collectibles
Dalian shell carving people represented by Jin Asan continue to overcome difficulties with the spirit of innovation, constantly try new areas to open up new tracks, launch a new concept of "treasure shell art" in the field of shell carving technology, use new technology and new technology to combine shells with gold and gems, and lead the team to create a series of works such as shell carving nine dragon wall, shell carving unicorn, shell carving dragon boat, shell carving nine dragon temple of heaven. Entering the ranks of artworks and collectibles, the value of Dalian shell carving can be fully released, and by participating in various cultural exhibitions, the gold-lettered signboard of "Dalian shell carving" is more colorful, and more business opportunities are also promoted. At an exhibition a few years ago, a collector bid 3 million yuan for a pair of shell carved unicorns, but was politely refused...... This kind of situation often happens, which shows the value of Dalian shell carving!
Peach and plum all over the world
Inherit and promote China's intangible cultural heritage
Jin Ashan's skills have been passed on to his son and grandson, in order to better inherit the intangible cultural heritage shell carving culture, Jin Ashan and the wife who has also been engaged in shell carving handicraft production for decades, has cultivated a large number of shell carving talents, apprentice Lu Guangrong, Jin Ji was awarded the title of "Chinese Arts and Crafts Master", and many apprentices were awarded the title of provincial and municipal masters. At the same time, Jin Ahsan has also become a visiting professor at many art colleges in Hainan and Dalian, bringing Dalian shell carving skills and intangible cultural heritage traditional culture into the campus and teaching them to students without reservation. The "Jin Ashan Art Museum" established by Jin Asan at his own expense displays and inherits the Dalian shell carving project, becoming the inheritance base of Dalian shell carving, an intangible cultural heritage, and a practice base for various art colleges and universities in Liaoning Province, and continues to make positive contributions to the development of China's shell carving culture.
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Source: Organization Department of the District Committee
Editor: Song Dongxiao
Review: Wang Peijin
Editor-in-charge: He Liqiang
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