22 pages. Monotone.
Gift set with 1.8m long fabric scroll and hardcover book.
Size: 240 mm (H) x 300 mm (W)Bilingual (Chinese and English)
ISBN 978-988-18583-0-6
BEE UMBRELLA SKY: THE MIAO LEGEND OF BATIK IN GUIZHOU, CHINA 撐天傘——中國貴州苗族蠟染傳說
Best Publication (Children’s Literature) at the 2019 Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards
Long ago and far away, the Miao people asked a goddess for an umbrella to hold up the sky. To make the umbrella, the goddess wove a cloth of clouds, washed it, and hung it out to dry. But a gust of wind sent the cloud-cloth flying past a beehive and a pond, spattering it with colours. In one fell swoop, Batik was born.
Kuen Kuen Liu Spichiger heard many legends while studying traditional Batik-making with the Miao people in southwest China. Inspired by the Miao's love and respect for nature, she created a six-metre-long Batik scroll, now reshaped into an illustrated book. The boxed set comes with a 1.8-metre fabric reproduction of her original scroll.
