Special Workshop: Techniques and Materials: Artmaking, Prints and Bookbinding

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Updated Venue: Library Gallery, Summerhall Arts (Map)

*Please note the venue change*

In collaboration with Summerhall Arts, Edinburgh

 

Techniques and Materials: Artmaking, Prints and Bookbinding

– with fibre artist Wei-Lin Yang and printmaker Chung-Ming Yang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This hands-on workshop invites participants to explore the creative possibilities of natural and recycled materials through printmaking and bookbinding. Fibre artist Wei-Lin Yang and printmaker Chung-Ming Yang will introduce the workshop’s themes and methods before guiding participants through a series of practical activities.

Participants will create prints from natural forms using recycled materials, then bind their printed papers and experiment with making indigenous art pockets and handmade books. The workshop offers an opportunity to explore how materials, textures, images, and forms can be transformed through processes of making.

Image: Wei-Lin Yang, Between the Pages. 2007. Tapa, Gold foil, Nature Dyeing, Copper thread
25cm×20cm×13cm.

 

Fibre Artist Wei-Lin Yang

Wei-Lin Yang is a leading Taiwanese fibre artist. In 2016, she received the Honourable Mention from the jury at the CONTEXTILE 2016 – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial in Portugal. Her international exhibitions include the Setouchi Triennale, the Portugal Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, the International Contemporary Fiber Art Biennial in the United States, and the Taiwan–Japan Contemporary Fiber Art Exchange Exhibition at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Her accolades also include the First Prize of the 4th National Craft Awards (2004), the Small Expressions 2001 Grand Prize for miniature fibre Art in the U.S. (2001), and earlier, the Special Prize in the fibre arts category at the 6th Weaving Craft Awards (2000), among other significant honours. In 2025, she represented Taiwan at the Osaka World Expo with the exhibition ‘Taiwan Spectrum,’ demonstrating her continued influence and depth in contemporary fibre art. Her work has been consistently recognised both internationally and within Taiwan’s fibre art community.

 

 

Printmaker Chung-Ming Yang

Chung-ming Yang is a leading Taiwanese printmaker whose work expands the expressive boundaries of the medium. Educated at the National Taichung University of Education (BFA, 1998) and Tainan National University of the Arts (MFA, 2001), he founded the 324 Print Studio in 2003 as both a creative and pedagogical platform for advancing printmaking in Taiwan. Yang’s practice centres on time, material, and the quiet resonance of form. Working across printmaking, painting, and installation, he approaches technique as a vehicle for thought and emotion rather than mere craftsmanship. His use of handmade paper, fibre structures, and botanical materials reflects a deep sensitivity to process and the passage of time.

Yang’s art has been exhibited widely in Taiwan and abroad, with major solo exhibitions at Gallery de Sol in Taipei and presentations in Europe and Japan. His works are held in prominent collections, including the National Palace Museum in Taipei, where he is the only contemporary printmaker represented. Through a meticulous, meditative approach, Yang reimagines printmaking as a dialogue between material and spirit. His quiet, reflective works bridge traditional craftsmanship and contemporary sensibility, embodying a distinctly Taiwanese vision of time, memory, and making.