Fibers

Fibers

Fibers are important to various Chinese traditions and customs and come from natural and synthetic sources. Fibers includes cloth, paper, string or rope. Artists working within the Fiber medium often incorporate other traditional and contemporary art forms in their work.

Cloth Animals

Cloth Animals

Cloth animals are hand made toys made from cloth and sawdust. Traditionally the tiger is the most popular design and signifies strength and happiness. Today, there are many animals and designs made using this technique.

Gaobeidian

Gaobeidian

Gaobedian Visual Arts

Needle and Thread Boxes

Needle and Thread Boxes

The Needle and Thread Box, as the name goes, is a kind of container for a woman to put her craft tools in, such as needles, thread, and scissors. These elaborately designed boxes are given as dowry gifts for weddings.

Shoe Making and Embroidery

Shoe Making and Embroidery

Stemming from the tradition of foot binding, embroidered shoes are now made for children and insoles are given to adults. This ancient tradition often includes embroidery of patterns that represent daily life, folk culture, and customs.

Silk Flowers

Silk Flowers

Silk Flowers have always been an expensive luxury made for royal ceremonies and festivals. Through a painstaking process of molding and gluing colored silk pieces, each flower is completely unique from the next.

Woven Quilts

Woven Quilts

Colorful threads are woven together to make over 2,000 fabric patterns. These patterns have different names like Eye-of-the-cat and Plum Blossom. Quilts that are made from the woven fabrics are given as wedding gifts.