Tag: Chinese

  • “East/West Batik and Beyond” Featured at Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art

    “East/West Batik and Beyond” Featured at Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art

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    It’s hard to believe these beautiful textiles are made by hand-drawing layers of melted wax on fabric then repeatedly dying it in carefully tended indigo vats. Jieyi Ludden Zhou, a Chinese American teacher and artist living in Shanghai, co-curated the show “East/West Batik and Beyond” to highlight the traditional heritage of crafts of women in…

  • Ancient Chinese Art Form Revived

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    People’s Daily Online highlights how the ancient artform of filigree inlaid metal art was revived and is being preserved by a family that has kept the intricate craft, one of the eight imperial handicrafts of Beijing, alive for three generations.

  • This Week’s Rant

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    Howard Schnieder in the Washington Post posits that, with the fall of China’s superstar status, more rapid change in the relations between China and the US may be possible. It’s an informative piece that nevertheless leaves me in a sputtering, almost incoherent rage.  The author notes that “some members of Congress” still worry about  the…