Beijing (CNN)When Li Chunke started carving ivory in 1964, the number of elephants in Africa was still on the rise. Demand for ivory in China was practically non-existent and tusks could be bought ...

With the development of technology, many handicrafts have faded out. But old and traditional art form of ivory carving results in something truly treasurable. When people see these vivid ivory ...

For a little while, Ivory soap-carving artist Murray Stuckey got a taste of celebrity. The Palm Bay man made a name for himself carving ordinary white bars of Ivory soap into intricate pieces of art.

Amazing Art From Ivory, ... "A worker in China's largest ivory-carving factory finishes a piece symbolizing prosperity. China legally bought 73 tons of ivory from Africa in 2008; ...

But for ivory-carving factories and artists, it means the vanishing of the unique art. Joining the convention "Upon China's joining the convention, the factory had 14 tons of raw ivory," Xiao ...

Diana Bolander of Manitowoc's Rahr-West Art Museum shares an overview of the ivory poaching debate many museums are having. News Sports Packers Business Go 920! Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals ...

The V&A Museum Aims to Raise $2.5 Million to Buy a Rare 12th-Century Ivory Carving The piece, showing Joseph of Arimathea lifting Jesus down from the cross, is under a temporary export ban. The ...

LONDON — In his award-winning biography, “The Hare With Amber Eyes,” British ceramic artist Edmund de Waal tells the story of his family through its collection of Japanese netsuke carvings.

A rare sculpture of Jesus carved out of walrus ivory has been acquired by London’s V&A Museum, dashing the hopes of New York’s Met Museum.

Ivory is not art, it’s a life; that message is strong.” This declaring of ivory as “not art” points to the fact that the material is often carved into some sort of art or trinket, ...