The patchworks, which are artworks created by patching, though common, can always exhibit people's taste for and imagination of beautiful things. The raw materials needed for patching are extremely easy to obtain. Things deemed rubbish (such as old pieces of cloth) in one person's eyes could be patched into delicate and elegant artworks through another person's deft hands.
The greatest feature of patchworks lies in the art of "patching", which embodies the beauty of time and space as well as people's imagination while producing a new form of art. Having existed since ancient times, over timeļ¼the art of patching has not only become more beautiful and mature, but also more varied in its forms.
Forms include simple cloth patchworks, butterfly wing patchworks (artworks made by patching butterfly wings), and the beautiful feather patchworks (made of feathers).
Cloth Art in China
Cloth art is an important part of Chinese folk art. Women in the countryside usually fill cloth ware with grain or cotton to make certain symbolic moulds. Thanks to their exquisite techniques and beautiful patterns, Chinese cloth art products are well received by people from both home and abroad.
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The Magic of Butterfly Wings
Butterfly pictures are images made from carefully pieced-together butterfly wings to create beautiful, silky-smooth, lustrous and natural patterns. The pictures emphasize the original shape and patterns of butterfly wings, highlighting the texture and metallic luster of different kinds of butterflies.
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Beans Spill into Arts Bean painting, where beans are used as the raw material, is a kind of folk art, adopting artistic characteristics from Chinese traditional painting, sculpting and decorative arts. Instead of completely imitating traditional arts, the genre boasts its own special flavor.
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Alluring Artworks from Straws
The straw patchwork is basically an art of "cut-and-paste", just like paper-cuts. There is a series of complicated procedures to make wheat straw a beautiful artwork. With its unique luster, the straw patchwork is of high value both for decoration and esthetics. Human figures, birds and flowers as well as animals on the patchwork are all very lifelike, revealing an elegant and classic demeanor.
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Shenyang Feather Drawings: Beauty and Practicality Using the feathers of various birds as the raw material, feather drawing is a kind of handmade artwork adapted from traditional Chinese painting, sculpting, woodcarving and decorative art. Feather drawing is renowned for its special, unadorned flavor, and deeply loved by the masses.
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