Journal

Stitching a Song-Dynasty Skull to Venice
Stitching a Song-Dynasty Skull to Venice
In 2017 Su embroidery entered the Venice Biennale for the first time. The work that drew the crowd was stitched from a Song-dynasty painting of a skeleton — using stitches... Read more...
How He Turned a Traditional Heritage Craft into Modern High Fashion
How He Turned a Traditional Heritage Craft into Modern High Fashion
Shell was once China's money. On the Qingdao coast, Chen Maoqiang grinds it to 0.06 millimetres and lays it onto phone cases, bags and watch dials — and jewellery houses... Read more...
Grinding Shell into Starlight: Ma Jing of Jishan
Grinding Shell into Starlight: Ma Jing of Jishan
Jishan is an inland county in Shanxi with no coast at all. Ma Jing has spent twenty-six years grinding sea shell down to a tenth of a millimetre and setting... Read more...