Reading Time: 10 minutesEthnographic documentaries teach us that unfamiliar cultures are not far away, just unappreciated. Introducing : What is this: “Becoming an Ethnographic Documentary Observer: From Research Methods to the Screen” is an open toolkit to help learners understand the core research methods of ethnographic documentary research. What is the goal: To master the basic ethnographic research process […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes  Introduction Have you tried the fun of creating with clay? Did you use your fingers or palms? Do you remember the tactile and emotional sensations when you come into contact with clay materials? -We might as well think of this process as a ‘non-verbal’ physical communication between you and the clay material! It can […]

Reading Time: 9 minutes“Happiness itself is a long patience, so I wait for a breeze in the garden to blow my worries away.” Materials🧱 You can choose any one of these： White paper,Pens (preferably in different colors)📄🖊️/ Tablet with drawing software(like Procreate,Sketch up etc.),Capacitive pen💻 Let’s begin! Step 1:Learn about garden types and design principles⛲️ Chinese Garden Deeply […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesIntroduction “Weaving Your Emotions” combines colour and weaving to help you explore and express your emotions creatively. Colours are powerful means of emotional expression. German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Theory of Colours (1970)  offers a starting point, emphasising the psychological and emotional impact of colour.1 Artist Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color ([1963] 2013) complements […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction: Protest art is an artistic practice that expresses social, political, or cultural protest through visual or performative forms. Its goal is to reveal injustice, criticize power, or advocate social change. I will teach you how to create a Protest Art Poster., the deeper meaning of which is to draw more attention to social issues. […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the continuous development of the times, art has become more and more diversified. People seem to feel that art is both close and far away from us, and they don’t seem to know much about it. In this toolkit, you don’t need any background knowledge. You can freely use your impression of the artwork […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis toolkit uses origami, a traditional Japanese cultural medium, to create artworks. Creation in origami relies largely on a few existing basic forms.  The basic form of the crane is the one used in the process of folding origami cranes, but the basic form of the crane is also used to fold birds, to fold […]