In a wooden fan workshop in Jiangxi Province, east China, Yu Xiuying is busier than usual. As she paints, delicate flowers bloom into life across the fan. "Now I decorate at least 120 fans a day," ...

It’s a simple enough premise: to make a Dyson-style bladeless fan out of wood. The execution of the finished fan, done and filmed by [Neil] from Pask Makes on YouTube, is however spectacular. Using ...

If you have never seen a fan-making workshop, you would be surprised at what a demanding craft it is. A middle-aged woman is using a bamboo bow to carve flowers and patterns on a sandalwood folding ...