Craftswoman combines dyes and stylish products in Guizhou
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Ran Guangjin demonstrates Fengxiang printing and dyeing techniques at the 2018 China International Folk Crafts and Cultural Products Expo in Guiyang, Guizhou Province on Nov. 23, 2018. Ran Guangjin, a former art teacher, is now a craftswoman who runs a workshop making Fengxiang batik in Guizhou Province. Ran has designed a great variety of Fengxiang printing and dyeing products such as stylish and practical batik clothing and handbags. Batik, both an art and a craft, is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique. [Photo: Xinhua]