Craftsman turns straw into art

Updated: Mar 6, 2023 By Zhang Yu in Shijiazhuang chinadaily.com.cn Print

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Zhao Runsheng, a craftsman, makes a work of art using sorghum straw in his workroom in the Jingxing mining area of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"Making them is a hard work, and requires patience and perseverance," Zhao said.

According to Zhao, figures may need thousands of stalks of straw and more than a million steps. Sometimes, it will take over a year to make a figure, he said.

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