In 1988, Yi Nianhua, a woman in her 80s, spent many evenings scribbling elegant characters at a table in her kitchen in a small rice-farming village in Shangjiangxu, China. With only a blunt writing brush, the elongated script … Read More
Manchu, the language of the ruling emperor of China’s Qing dynasty, is nearly extinct. While efforts are under way to revive the language, it is a far cry from the time that official documents were written in the Manchu script … Read More
Calligraphers will disagree with one another about the correct way to hold the brush, with some even claiming that their method is a “secret” passed down from a lineage of teachers. My calligraphy teachers were Yao Youxin and Lee Chen … Read More
I created this certificate for a couple that wanted simplicity, but also needed to include text in four different languages. The text is in four blocks around an open circle. I was excited that the languages can be read in … Read More
