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Yan Gao
Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press
New Year's Print Making
Tianjin
The Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press is a state-owned company with more than fifty craftsmen working on different parts of the New Year's printmaking process. Three of these craftsmen are participating in the Festival: Chen Yuhua, Gao Yan, and Wang Wenda. Gao specializes in creating the outline of the image on thin sheets of rice paper, which are then adhered to the wood block and used as the guide for carving. Chen Yuhua has worked in the company for more than twenty years, specializing in hand painting additional color to the images after they have been printed. Wang Wenda carved the images from the woodblocks. |