Text and work: Zeyun Chen, China. What is value? This is a question that Zeyun is fascinated by and which forms the core of her Masters project. At first glance, you might not recognise the material she has used to create her objects. Could it be wood? Bone? Or is it a precious material such …
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Nature, death and the life stream
Text and work: Yiping Li, China. It is said that the custom of planting a cypress by the tomb began with the Qin Dynasty.During the Han Dynasty the cypress became part of the funeral concept in China. Death makes man’s body parallel to the earth; his head and foot turn toward the source and the …
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