China Qiao @ FIA 2010

FIA FIA FIA!

A China Qiao vai presentear na FIA outra vez! With the newest collection and winter stockout ~\(≧▽≦)/~

Data: 03 - 11 Julho

Horário: 15h00 - 24h00

Gastronomia: 12h30 - 24h00

Local: Stand Nº 2E36, Pavilhão 2, FIL - Parque das Nações, Lisboa

Até breve em Lisboa!

O logo à porta

NEW LOGO of China Qiao \(^o^)/~~~~~

I have been using the new logo for some time already, actually ; ) ADORO! ADORO! ADORO!

The logo is composed of two parts: the name of the shop ´china qiao´, and the simbol with the green leaves which is the Chinese character (巧) of ´qiao´. The style is imitating the traditional Chine...se painting, natural and simple. The leaves gave life to the name, lifeful and everlasting.

´qiao´is my first name, the correct pronunciation in Portuguese is ´tchau´, which is exactly the same as the italian ´ciao´. Many people are calling me ´xau´ or ´kiao´ instead, no problem : ) I know it´s not easy, hehehe ; ) ´qiao´ in Chinese has the meaning of skilful and talented. Well...I think I´m actually the opposite...LOL!

Many thanks to my friend Ding Yiyi, a very talented young Chinese illustrator, who made this logo possible and incredible : )

Fotos - Exposição Arte Chinesa de Papel Recortado

Verão 2010

As fotos da nova colecção VERÃO 2010 estão aqui. (Estou ainda a actualizar...Desejo 48 horas por dia para tirar as tudas...)

Exposição Arte Chinesa de Papel Recortado

O Papel recortado (JianZhi) é uma das formas de artesanato chinesas mais tradicionais, que surgiu e tem acompanhado a longa história do papel. Esta arte é realizada maioritariamente pelas mulheres, que utilizam utensílios simples como tesouras e estiletes para tornar simples papéis em imagens vivas. Os seus trabalhos geralmente retratam temas da vida das pessoas. A cor vermelha forte do papel é escolhida para transmitir um ambiente de felicidade. Por isso esta arte é frequentemente apresentada em cerimónias de casamentos e festivais na China.

--- inglês ---

Papercut (JianZhi) is a very distinctive visual art of the traditional Chinese handicrafts, which has been making its way along the route of the long history of paper.Most of the papercut artists are women. The themes of their works usually include everything in people's daily life. Familiarity makes them understand the real spirit of the art. The main cutting tools are simple: paper and scissors or an engraving knife. Once they are owned by a master of papercut, they will become so supernatural that the papercuts beyond imagination flow out of his/her hands.No doubt that arts come from life and serve life. The bright color of red papercuts provides a strong foil to set off a merry atmosphere. So they are often found in wedding ceremonies or festivals in China. And people like to decorate their windows and doors with them too.

Exposição Local: China Qiao (rua do rosário 284, porto)

Data de Inauguração: 5 Junho 2010

A colecção `VERÃO 2010´ já chegou

Finally the new collection arrived. It has been a long time waiting, due to some transportation problems. Every time it´s a long journey for the clothes to travel, from China to Portugal, more than 10 thousand kilometers I think. Every time the waiting is a torture, não consigo de ter paciência. You cannot imagine how excited I am when the goods arrived every time, I just feel like a kid who has just got all the Christmas gifs, and cannot help opening everything immediately. The collection of this season is not disappointing at all, actually it is AMAZING! Eu adoro, adoro, adoro. I took this picture in the shop last evening to make the poster. The nice fabric and the perfect cut made me completely in love with this QiPao. Today a nice lady came and took this piece immediately, and suddenly I was feeling a bit sad, and I felt like that I´ve just given one of my biggest treasures away. For me, this is more than just a piece of common clothes. For me, this is more a piece of art.

notebooks II

A set of notebooks with Chinese traditional folk images: door guards, paper cuts, indigo patterns, folk paintings...

China Qiao em O PORTO COOL

China Qiao está em O PORTO COOL!!! O PORTO COOL is a popular urban style guide of Porto. The guide is dedicated in exploring the hot and cool spots in Porto, like shops, restaurants, bars, galeries, ect. It provides a very comprehensive cultural agenda of what´s going on in Porto, very helpful!

changes in the blog

From now on, my online shop blog ´Loja Qiao´(http://www.lojachinaqiao.blogspot.com/) is closed. All the contents have been moved to this main blog ´China Qiao´ (http://www.chinaqiao.blogspot.com/). This blog will be keeping updating and please feel free to order online.

verão está cá!

Home Decorations

This set of home decoration is inspired by the Chinese folk paper cut. Folk celebrations like ´lion dance´and folk lucky symbols such as ´fish´are presented here.