Handicrafts highlighted in Changsha

The East Asian Crafts and Culture Festival kicked off in Changsha Library on April 29, highlighting domestic and exotic handicrafts of originality.

Sponsored by the bureau of culture, radio, film, TV, press and publication of Changsha, this year's activity, themed on "rediscovery and redesign", invited talented craftspeople to explore new design and innovation in traditional arts based on their inheritance.

Clothes created by artists from the Fine Arts Academy of Hunan Normal University are on exhibit during the East Asian Crafts and Culture Festival held in Changsha. [Photo/hunnu.edu.cn]

Centering on "cloth", this year's festival includes a handicraft exhibition, dialogue on life aesthetics, and a handicraft fair and workshop, during which 120 pieces of plant-dyed articles in various art forms are exhibited. The exhibition will last to May 20.

Artists from Japan, Chinese Taipei, and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shared their practices and experience of creative product promotion with participants.

The cultural event is expected to be held biennially and aims to combine traditional arts with modern life aesthetics and help artisans produce cultural and creative products.

Artists take a group photo at the East Asian Crafts and Culture Festival that opened at the Changsha Library on April 29. [Photo/hunnu.edu.cn]

A craftswoman exhibits her creative works during the East Asian Crafts and Culture Festival in Changsha on April 29. [Photo by Hu Zhaohong/icswb.com]