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Chinese traditional Straw sandals
While China’s northern and northwestern people were sewing hide boots with bone needles and hide thread, people in the east were making straw shoes using bamboo needles and flax thread. Archaeological finds show that as early as 7,000 years ago, … Continue reading
Let’s make a straw hat
You can create a custom-made straw hat by using simple techniques and tools that have been adopted from the days of the pioneers. All you need is good quality rye straw, a darning needle(Do not use a straight needle as … Continue reading
How to make a BeiJing Figurine
The main materials for silk figurine making are silk, gauze and thin, tough silk. The figurines put emphasis on the capturing of someone’s bearing and expression at a particular moment. The making of a figurine involves a dozen or so … Continue reading
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BeiJing Silk Figurine
A silk figurine is a kind of folk cloth toy developed from handicrafts like “pin cushions” and “color embroidery works” etc. In ancient China, it was fairly common for people to make various handicrafts with bamboo and paper. In the … Continue reading
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