As soon as the Chinese invented paper in 100 B.C., they began fashioning it into lanterns, fans, and, of course, flowers. The flowers would be placed in buoyant containers and then floated in water as ...

A health scare pushed Tiffanie Turner to explore burlesque. In one act, for an art history themed show, she choreographed a piece as Frida Kahlo. That meant planning each part of her outfit, down to ...

Even through a screen on Zoom, Chantal Larocque’s world bursts with colour. Vibrant blooms surround her – an exuberant palette of fuschia and white and yellow and green. When I ask what she loves ...

Some of the paper flowers created by Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen are as large as five feet across. By Chantel Tattoli Reporting from Copenhagen The white walls and ceiling of Marianne Eriksen ...

The art of making paper flowers has come a long way since the days of tissue-paper pompoms. Rebecca Thuss and Patrick Farrell, who make up the photography and design team Thuss and Farrell, share ...

Mother’s Day is the ultimate Sunday for surprises, and nothing beats the charm of a handmade gift. Have your children create their own gifts for mom, aunts and grandmas at home; they will be ...

Sisters Kwon Young-eun and Young-hyun founded Hanjiroum, a studio in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do Province, to promote their art making jihwa, or flowers made with the traditional paper Hanji. They seek to ...

Wondering what to do with pressed flowers? Create your own DIY oshibana art by learning how to press flowers with a book or paper. Oshibana (押し花) is the Japanese art of using pressed flowers and other ...

From the quiet backwaters of Alappuzha to the bustling city of Jubail in Saudi Arabia, homemaker Neenu Pradeep has carried her love for arts and crafts wherever life has taken her. That passion has ...