Traditional embroidery master Kim Hyun-hee, 69, remembers the first meeting with her embroidery teacher Yoon Jung-shik in 1964. Kim was only 19. At the time, she was just tagging along with her mother ...

Traditional embroidery master Kim Hyun-hee, 69, remembers the first meeting with her embroidery teacher Yoon Jung-shik in 1964. Kim was only 19. At the time, she was just tagging along with her mother ...

A master Cantonese embroiderer from the mainland has brought her battle to modernise her craft to a Hong Kong shopping mall. Known for its complex, multicoloured patterns, it is the oldest of the four ...

Cheng is also paying special attention to cultivating young talent for embroidery. To combat the exodus of young talent, she has established three mentorship studios to provide training for over 60 ...

Wang Xinyuan remembers spending his childhood in his family’s tailor shop in Jiujiang in the eastern Jiangxi province, listening to the rhythmic beat of his mother’s sewing machine day after day. Now ...