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 ...
Xuan paper is soft but fragile. After years of research, Gu has developed a tougher Xuan paper. Usually, before the embroidery work, Gu first sketches on the Xuan paper and then fixes it on an ...