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✦ Living Traditions

Art Forms Practiced

From celebrated traditions to nearly-vanished forms — each style is a doorway into a distinct cultural cosmos. All practiced with natural pigments and handmade materials.

All 69 folk painting styles practiced using only natural pigments and handmade paper or traditional canvas.

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