Chinese woman uses teeth to carve intricate sculptures, including Great Wall of China model

A young Chinese woman, known as a tooth sculptor, has attracted attention for using her teeth to create intricate sculptures Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin A Chinese woman has amassed over one million followers after she posted her amazing sculptures crafted with nothing but her teeth.

Chen Qin, 25, from central China’s Hubei province, attracted attention online after posting videos of her carrot sculptures.

The sculptures, from simple small animals and cartoon figures, to complicated, large replicas of the Great Wall, the Yellow Crane Tower and wearables like phoenix crowns and the silver hats worn by the Miao people, are all made with Chen’s teeth.

Chen Qin in the process of making her sculpture of the Great Wall.

Photo: Weibo In several of her videos, Chen shows herself nibbling the carrots she uses little by little, proving to her audience that she did not use other tools.

Chen has referred to herself as “the first tooth sculptor of the whole internet”.

Her work is so exquisite that many joked that she has “hidden a 3D printer in her mouth”.

Chen said she is not a professional sculptor, but had received training on graphic design and 3D modelling in secondary school and college.

She also loved drawing since she was a child.

Chen models a striking item of headgear she fashioned out of the vegetable.

Photo: Weibo During the Spring Festival holiday in 2025, Chen was randomly nibbling a carrot while watching a short video platform to kill time, and unintentionally created some shapes with the carrot.

She discovered her exceptional skill and became obsessed with it.

Chen admitted that she used a knife to slice the carrot, but all the other steps were completed using her teeth.

Chen displays some of the more than 100 carrot sculptures she has made.

Photo: Weibo It took her about a week to sculpt complicated architecture replicas such as the Great Wall.

She has so far created more than 100 carrot sculptures.

Recently, she also began using carrot sculptures to tell historical stories to tell her young fans.

The carrots were planted at her family’s farm and Chen said they would use her leftovers to cook dishes and feed farm animals.

She said the art did have some side effects.

She often felt pain in her teeth and cheeks and said her jowls have become bigger.

Chen says any leftover carrot is not wasted as her family use it for cooking.

Photo: Getty Images She also remembers to take extra care of her teeth by not drinking carbonated drinks and

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