Handmade Bowtruckle, palm leaf weaving handicraft
by Ting Zhang
This Bowtruckle is made by palm tree leaf. I weaved it for more than 8 hours. The arms and legs of this Bowtruckle is movable. The height of it is about 15cm. Palm leaf weaving is a Chinese traditional handicraft which starts from 3000 years ago. The specialty of this craft is using palm leaf as the the weaving material. Although the material is natural leaf, the works can be kept for decades without any distortion.