Folk artist builds colorful world with clay

Jing Bixin, from Pingliang city of Gansu province, has a workshop dedicated to handicraft. She is good at creating cartoon characters, flowers and plants using clay, as well as figures from Chinese classics. Her sculptures help people recall childhood memories and favorite stories of their youth.

The material is clean and non-toxic, and children are also fans of the craft. Her sculptures have been put on display at the intangible cultural heritage show in Pingliang city three times, and she has won the Hundred Flowers Awards for arts and crafts of Gansu province.