Make Waste Profitable—The Technique Of “Inferior Ivories” In Ivory Carving

This paper is based on the Chinese ivory carving art and introduces the shortage of ivory raw materials when china joined the “CITES”.Based on practice,the “inferior ivories” is mainly discussed,first introduces the concept of “inferior ivories” and the two factors of “inferior ivories”,showing the uncontrollable nature of ivory material.Specific analysis of the “inferior ivories” of roughly five types,introduce the different features each them and the ivory carving difficulty.The paper focuses on the design concept of “inferior ivories” and the eight carving techniques of carving the “inferior ivories”.Through comparison and analysis,express the diversity of ivory carving techniques.Finally,through the practice,the specific carving process,introduce the “targeted design” and “different technologies” for carving the “inferior ivories”.Through the discussion of “inferior ivories”,first is expression of the ivory carving of rare materials,second is expression of ivory carving art status quo of inheritance difficult,third is thinking about how to smriti for the ivory carving art on the shortage of ivory material today.