Paper-plastic window flowers

Paper-plastic window flowers

　　Their designs feature flowers, plants, insects, fish, birds, beasts, the twelve zodiac signs, and primarily theatrical characters. Skilled rural women craft these while thinking, wrapping and sewing white cloth to form character heads, adding facial features, applying makeup, and cutting and pasting costumes using various colored silks, velvets, aluminum foil, as well as glossy and crepe papers. The Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Central Academy of Crafts and Design, and the China Folk Museum have collected 150 works by Luo Zhanhua, an artist from Zhangjia Village, Xinchi Township, Heyang County. (Weinan)