There were numerous examples of art and craft in Yunnan. T he following photos show some of them.
These embroidered and embellished hats come from the Hani minority and I bought them from an elderly woman in at a market in southern Yunnan.
These bags came from the same market and from a cohesive group of women. The bottom one is constructed using a modern material whereas the the other one uses hand loomed indigo dyed material.
This is the front of a jacket one of the women was selling.
This is the back of the jacket made from hand loomed material and embroidered in cross stitch.
This is a store of wood ready for carving and creation. It was part of a area of woodworkers near my hostel in Dali.
A room containing some carved furniture in the same street.
A silversmith operating from the front of a shop in Lijang.
Another silversmith in Lijang.
Woven fish baskets at a market in a village near Dali.
Other baskets at the same market.
Some women using/wearing their baskets in the market.
Man making sugar designs in Dali. These are common in other parts of China too.
Women spinning cotton in southern Yunnan.
Woman weaving on a loom in the same area with example of her work visible.
Man “beating” silk with a wire in the process of making a silk doona in a village near Dali.
Woman in a market in southern Yunnan making something that looks like crochet but using 2 hooks.
Woman wearing a bag from her head. The bag fabric appears the same as the previous photo.
A similar bag in a market which has been dyed blue.
Indigo plants in Dali. They are used for dying fabric.
Woman in Dali tieing a design in fabric.
Material tied and stiched ready for dying.
Dyed material waiting to be untied.
Batik tablecloths ready for sale.
The design on one I bought.
Woman weaving a scarf using a back strap loom in Dali.
Mosou woman in ethnic clothing weaving a scarf on a backstrap loom in Dali.
Part of a shop selling scarves and shawls in Dali.
Man carving pictures in a shop in Dali. Another common craft in the area with many being much more intricate.
Embroidery on a garment in a shop/exhibit in an old village outside Dali. The owner of the shop had many beautiful old garments from his family. He also had more modern fabric items which for sale.
Similar style of embroidery on a piece I bought from a gallery in Kunming.
Some of the items in an enormous gallery in Kunming.
Hand embroidered innersoles found in Dali. These colours are common to Yunnan. Woman all over China hand embroider innersoles and plain ones are common in markets everywhere.
Hand embroidery sold by Yi minority women in Kunming.
Another piece of tiny intricate embroidery sold by the same group of women.
Indigo dyed batik made with a wax resist to create the designs.
Applique of animals and birds on a tablecloth seen in Dali.
Silk embroidered fabric found in a market near Dali.
Design on a building near Dali. The traditional architecture is white brick decorated with delicate designs in grey paint.
A variety of hibiscus bark waiting to become paper in a village called Mansao in southern Yunnan.
The bark after it has received some processing.
The pulp has been added to a vat of water and the screens are ready to be dipped into it.
Paper drying on screens in the street.
Some paper I bought from a papermaker in Dali. This paper is more refined than that from Mansao and the blue paper has been dyed. I don’t have a good photo of my Mansao paper.
