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Show Many Put in Work on Bamboo Carving When you gaze upon a beautiful piece of bamboo carving, which Is to be seen generally In the Oriental sections sec-tions of the museums, you are beholding behold-ing the work not of one man but of many. Each workman has his specialty spe-cialty and when he does his share of work he passes the piece over to another, an-other, who does that part which he is especially trained for. The man who does the Chinese characters does nothing else. Another does mountain scenery and If there are any animals Introduced into the landscape they are cut by another, while portraits are taken care of by a workman who does no other kind of work. Before the work Is laid out, the surface of the bamboo is treated by a rubbing process which proceeds with the aid of a brick of fine clay and the operation takes place under water. After It Is carefully dried It Is turned over to the artist who marks out the design from one workman to another as indicated above. |