04 · JOURNAL

Recent light, garments and encounters.

We do not publish often. A note leaves the studio only when a material, an encounter or a change feels worth recording.

Trees standing in the water by Erhai
01 Summer · 2026

Studio note

The wind returns from Erhai

Afternoon light falls across washed linen. Once again, we see how little a garment truly needs.
02 Spring · 2026

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.
03 Winter · 2025

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.

The journal is neither a sales letter nor a countdown to new arrivals. It is an occasional record of work and life at QINGCHEN.

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