黄小明，中国工艺美术大师。从事东阳木雕40余年，是东阳木雕艺术代表性人物，被誉为业界的“金手指”。他的百余件作品获国家级、省级金奖、银奖，数十件作品被国家博物馆、中国美术馆等机构收藏。
黄小明出生于浙江东阳，16岁便从事艺术雕刻，专注于木雕艺术的创作与研究工作，在传承了传统东阳木雕的基础上，开创了木雕艺术领域的全新格局。他说，“东阳木雕深厚的传统给了我艺术养分，而文化大发展大繁荣的顶层设计又给了我成功的机遇。”
黄小明大师开创的“速写木雕”，把速写技法与东阳木雕融合，使画面显得飘逸灵动，极具装饰性。他独创的“超写实木雕”，以细腻逼真的质感，增强了造型立体感，实现了中国木雕与西方雕塑的融合。
他设计的《宝月金荷》，运用多种材质多种技法，以水缸养荷的造景艺术，拓展了东阳木雕立体雕塑的新境界。他创新的“取景框木雕”，扩大了木雕艺术的景深，丰富了东阳木雕的表现形式。
他创作的木雕插屏《吉庆平安》存入“神舟十号航天主题艺术芯片”，跟随“神十”飞天见证了中华民族复兴进程中伟大的时刻。
他在旅行中获得灵感并创作的《羚羊》木雕，被浙江省博物馆永久性收藏。他创作的《游》系列首开东阳木雕“物象”雕刻，入围艾琳·国际工艺精品奖。
Huang Xiaoming is a China Master of Arts and Crafts. With over 40 years of experience in Dongyang wood carving, he is a representative figure of this art form and hailed as the "Golden Finger" of the industry. More than a hundred of his works have won national and provincial gold and silver awards, while dozens are collected by institutions such as the National Museum and the National Art Museum of China.
Huang Xiaoming was born in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province. At the age of 16, he began engaging in artistic carving, dedicating himself to the creation and research of wood carving art. Building upon the traditional Dongyang wood carving heritage, he pioneered a new paradigm in the field of wood carving art. He stated, "The profound tradition of Dongyang wood carving has provided me with artistic nourishment, while the overarching strategy for cultural development and prosperity has offered me opportunities for success." Master Huang Xiaoming developed the "sketch-based wood carving," integrating sketching techniques with Dongyang wood carving to create compositions that are graceful, dynamic, and highly decorative. His innovative "ultra-realistic solid wood carving" enhances three-dimensional modeling through meticulous, lifelike textures, achieving a fusion of China's wood carving tradition with Western sculpture.
His work Bao Yue Jin He employs a variety of materials and techniques, utilizing the artistic concept of cultivating lotuses in a water tank to pioneer new dimensions for three-dimensional wood carving in Dongyang. His innovative "view-frame wood carving" technique enhances the depth of visual composition in wood carving art and enriches its expressive forms.
His wooden carving screen titled "Good Fortune and Peace" was embedded into the "Shenzhou-10 Space Theme Art Chip," accompanying the Shenzhou-10 mission in space and witnessing pivotal moments in China's national rejuvenation.
His wooden carving Antelope, inspired during his travels, has been permanently housed in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum. His Journey series pioneered the "object representation" technique in Dongyang wood carving and was shortlisted for the Ailin International Craft Excellence Award.（注：来自智能翻译）
