Indigenous Peoples in Fashion: Wood-Carving Artisan – Ching Chen

Published 11/23/2021 19:29

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Amis native Ching Chen is an expert in composites. Following his father's footsteps, he has also become a wood-carving artisan. But during his free time, Chen puts together new designs using scraps to invent uniquely creative pieces of art. To the second-generation artist, fashion is instilling new, innovative elements in an old object.

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