Cities and workshopsShexian, Anhui
Catalogues designs on old packaging and prints new, understated labels based on them.
Cultural context
Paper Wrapper Keeper / Collection
Wrapper archive: an ink-coloured asymmetric vest with a long side panel and brick-red lining, plus cropped straight trousers. Holds an album against the side and tucks an empty wrapper bearing a personal tea-leaf design into it. The paper touches both paw and album.
An evening without the catalogue: a soft plum shirt worn untucked and cream lounge trousers. Holds a low, broad mug in both paws, head slightly bowed. No album or work vest.
The Paper Wrapper Keeper prepares a paper packet for the Maofeng he has bought. He holds a flap open for one last look at the dry leaves before closing it. His own leaf design decorates the paper, and spare blank labels sit in his jacket pocket.
00 / Original form
A tall, soft, parchment-coloured diamond-shaped head with every corner rounded; one thin dark-tea side edge forms part of the surface. Narrow shoulders, a rounded lower body and short, thick legs. Attentive honey-coloured eyes open to different degrees. No folds or rear seam.
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