Re: Sculptured Melons

**John MacGregor j*@earthlink.net**

on 1/27/05 9:30 PM, Rose Marie Nichols McGee at rmnicholsmcgee@comcast.net
wrote:

> This is quite wonderful, thank you. Several years ago I was in Fujian
> province in China and one of their art forms is the carving of large
> narcissus bulbs. With a nick here and a slice and dice there wonderful
> predictable distortions occur. There is the phoenix rising, the garden
> basket, the crab and doubtless many others. It was December and everywhere
> we went we saw these bulbs in flower and had the opportunity to see a master
> demonstrate his technique. The things people do that are simply beautiful
> ephemera.

Rose Marie,

Did you take any pictures?

John MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23

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