
Getting ready to carve
Master Mo is taking a short break before he starts working on a figure.

Carving the head of 麒麟
Master Mo is carving the head of the Qi Lin. An ancient fictional animal that has the head of a dragon, body of a lion and antlers of a deer.

胡人 or The Foreigner
These figures represent the "foreigners" that came to China during the Tang Dynasty via the Silk Road. Most were from the Middle East. This figure was also made completely from hand.

Carving the eye of The Foreigner

Woman playing pan flute

Assembling horse
The horse body and legs were formed from a mold. Each section is made as a half piece. The halves a then put together and detailed by hand using nothing more than a small knife.

Detailing of horse

Ancient Chinese General Wan Yu
Completely handmade figure.

Horses ready to be painted.
Notice all "paints" are orange. They are actually made from powdered copper, iron, cobalt and other metals.

Painting horse with copper, iron and white colors.
Notice all colors are an orange tint. After the firing process the metals glaze and their true brilliant colors come out.

Wood burning kiln a peak temp of about 1000 degrees C after three hours of burning.
