曹明珠,1949年生于长沙浏阳市古港镇一个传统手工艺家庭,爷爷,父亲都是当地颇有名气的木雕艺人。读书之余,年幼的曹明珠常常给父亲帮工,耳濡目染之间,他逐渐对雕刻艺术产生了浓厚兴趣。12岁那年,曹明球一次在朋友家玩,偶得二块菊花石,他如获至宝,利用业余时间精雕细琢成一个龙凤砚台和一个笔筒,只可惜,这两件处女作在“文革”时期被当作“四旧”给破坏了。他当时也没有想到会一辈子和菊花石结下不解之缘,自从多次与菊花石打交道之后,他发现凡是大自然里菊花应有的形态,居然在石头中都可以寻觅到相应的形态,有含苞待放的,有露出灿烂笑容的……于是 Cao Mingzhu, born in 1949 in Changsha, an ancient town of Liuyang City, a traditional arts and crafts family, grandfather and father are quite famous local carpenter artists. While studying, the young Cao Mingzhu often gave his father a helping hand. As a result, he gradually became interested in the art of sculpture. At the age of 12, Cao Mingqiu once played at a friend's house and even got two chrysanthemum stones. As a treasure, he spent his spare time crafting a dragon, phoenix inkstone and a pen holder. Unfortunately, Times were destroyed as “four olds.” At that time, he did not think that his life would be indissoluble bound with chrysanthemum stone. Since he had dealt with chrysanthemum stones many times, he found that all the forms of chrysanthemum in nature should be found in the stone, There are budding, there are brilliant smile ... ... so