皓月观海 高士临风——白士风留青竹刻艺术

A Talented Artist

可使食无肉,不可居无竹。自古文人爱竹,更以竹比德,以竹明志。中国传统文化对竹的青睐,催生了留青竹刻这门极具文人气质的技艺。留青竹刻,即利用竹子表面的青皮雕刻纹饰,然后铲去纹饰以外的竹青,露出下面的竹肌作地。其始于唐代,至明代发展成独立的竹刻门类。近代以来,常州竹人秉承传统,以刀代笔,因材施艺,在薄如蝉翼的竹青上生动再现了书画艺术的笔墨意趣,使得常州留青竹刻独树一帜,彪炳艺坛。2018年5月,常州留青竹刻入选第一批国家传统工艺振兴目录,成为常州市唯一入选该名录的非物质文化遗产保护项目。

Bai Shifeng,a native of Changzhou,has been obsessed with bamboo carving and devoted himself to this craft for more than 50 years.On the basis of absorbing bamboo carving strengths of other schools,he innovates and creates Surfaceretaining Bamboo Carving of the Changzhou Bai Family.He is even praised by Wang Shixiang as a leading authority in the field of the surface-retaining bamboo carving.