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American artist Elizabeth Briel has a new use for the cyanotype, an old photographic printing procedure dating to 1842 that develops blue – specifically Prussian Blue – on paper in the sun. Rather than just develop pictures for wall hangings or framing, she hand-paints fabrics with the appropriate photo chemicals, then develops the pictorial compositions on her Lamma Island studio rooftop. And thus, with the sun’s help, she fashions attractive cyanotype clothing items. So should you hanker for custom-printed scarves (like the one Elizabeth models in the photograph) or dresses, make your way to her Cyan Studio over at Yang Shue Wan -
www.thecyanstudio.com.
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Chinese martial arts in its latest stamp series released on May 22. Both the heavy-on-the-leg-work Northern and notable-for-explosive-punches Southern martial arts styles (or ‘schools’) are represented in this four-stamp series; the Nanquan (Southern Fist) and Southern Lion Dance symbolize the South and the Beitui (Northern Kicks) and Northern Lion Dance stand for the North. All four stamps (whose selling prices range from $1.40 up to $5) are available now at local post offices. Almost needless to say, that’s also where you can get them chopped. (Pun very much intended!) 
