Studio note
The wind returns from Erhai
Afternoon light falls across washed linen. Once again, we see how little a garment truly needs.
QINGCHEN · STUDIO DALI
Garments, objects, spaces and time together
A PRIVATE STUDIO IN DALI
DALI · YUNNAN Scroll 25.6065° N · 100.2676° E
About QINGCHEN
Not everything needs to become a product.
QINGCHEN is a private studio in Dali, Yunnan. For now, we work mainly with clothing and natural fibres, while making room for objects, spaces and time together.
This is not an online shop. The website is simply an introduction—a way for people we have yet to meet to get to know our work before deciding whether to visit us in Dali.
01 · Place
Between Cangshan and Erhai, work and life flow into one another.
Wind, light, wood, food and the people who visit give the studio its measure. Dali is not a backdrop; it shapes how the work comes into being.
02 · Works
Made sparingly. Worn for years.
We care about how cloth falls, moves and settles on the body, rather than chasing one style after another. Every garment leaves room for alteration, repair and years of wear.
03 · Hand & material
Cloth bears the marks of time. So does the hand.
Knots in the fibre, creases after washing and the small variations left by hand are not flaws to hide. They are part of how a piece slowly becomes someone’s own.
Journal
Three notes from the studio
Garments & time
On an old garment
The marks left by wear are not the end of a piece. Repairing it, adjusting it and wearing it for many more years are part of the work we want to continue.
Life in Dali
The dining table is also a worktable
Drawings, loose threads and a pot of tea often share the same table. When a visitor sits down, work becomes time spent together.