When one steps into Gu Yuchun’s studio, one finds his embroidery, a Chinese ink-and-wash painting on Xuan paper with boards around to fix it. “I have spent three months to do this embroidery, just one ...

Xuan paper, a high quality rice paper made in Xuancheng or Jingxian of Anhui Province, is especially good for traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. Embroidery is an art of decorating textiles ...