Check out their interview with me during Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair Nov 2016.
New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD Television) is a global Chinese language TV station, covering over 200 million viewers in Asia, North America, Europe, and Middle East through cable, wireless, satellite, and Internet TV. They are based in New York City. Check out their interview with me during Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair Nov 2016.
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They were two very stressful days of building my booth... Thanks to my dear friends Danny and Debra -- We were the leanest team at the show, yet, we made the miracle!!! You will see my booth sign "pingwu" at 20 sec length of the video. One of a Kind Show is filled with visitors on the opening morning at Chicago's Merchandise Mart on Dec 3. Jian ping / for China Daily
Two Chinese women, one focused on knitting accessories and the other women's clothes are busily running booths at the 15th annual One of a Kind Show at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. The popular four-day show attracts approximately 65,000 visitors each year. More than 600 artists from the US and Canada will display wares at the show this year. "This is my fourth year to be at the show," said Michelle Tan, a designer who was born in Hong Kong and grew up mostly in Chicago. Tan said that unlike trade shows, One of a Kind is open to the public. Tan said you "get direct feedback. It's great." Tan studied at the city’s International Academy of Design and Technology and eventually turned her passion for fashion design into a profession. She has created a brand under her name and her clothing is handmade in Chicago. She beamed when talking about a pink dress that she designed was worn by actress Gabourey Sidibe in the midseason finale of the television series Empire on Dec 2. Ping Wu, one of seven featured artists to speak at the show, was enthusiastic about the accessories she designed. Wu said she pursued a childhood interest in knitting after becoming a physical therapist in the US. "I put my work on hold and spent a year at the Istituto Marangoni in Milan to study fashion design," she said. Her booth features a variety of scarves and hats, along with some hand-knit sweaters. "My accessories are highly functional and practical," Wu said. She demonstrated to customers various ways to wear one of her scarves, from putting it over her hair and letting it sit on her shoulders to wrapping it around her neck and using it as a pair of long gloves. "This is really cute, really different," said Helen Bacza, a customer trying on one of Wu's scarves. "I bought that white hat from you last year," said Suzi Paradiso, another visitor to Wu's booth, as she pointed to a knit hat on the wall. Paradiso said she had attended the show the last five years and found many items "very unique". Wu said she was delighted by the success she had at the show last year. "I like this show," she continued. "Chicago customers really appreciate the design and handmade products." One of a Kind features handcrafted fine arts, fashion and accessories, along with home décor products, gourmet food and children’s goods. The show opened on Thursday and will run through Dec. 6. http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/us/2015-12/07/content_22653480.htm Philadelphia Magazine: The Scene, Nov 13th, 2015
http://www.phillymag.com/the-scene/2015/11/13/philadelphia-museum-art-craft-show/#gallery-2-9 Ping Wu receiving the Ornament Award for Excellence in Art to Wear from Ornament Associate Editor Patrick Benesh-Liu. 2015 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Congratulations Ping! http://www.ornamentmagazine.org/subscribe Life is beautiful. Someone arranged all these misfortune and fortune around us for a meaningful purpose. Unable to get into mass commercial shows, in return, I had inventory and rare time to prepare and plan better for this show, the type of show marked your level as an artist. Subsequently, not only I had my first record breaking sold out event, generated a long list of follow up orders via my website afterwards, but also, I won the professional Ornament Magazine National Prize in the wearable art category?!... It reminds me some old Chinese wisdom I learned as a child:
Etymology From: 塞翁失馬,焉知非福 (When the old man from the frontier lost his horse, how could one have known that it would not be fortuitous?) 139 BCE: Liu An, zh:s:淮南子/人間訓 (Huainanzi) 夫禍福之轉而相生,其變難見也。近塞上之人有善術者,馬無故亡而入胡,人皆弔之。其父曰:「此何遽不為福乎!」居數月,其馬將胡駿馬而歸,人皆賀之。其父曰:「此何遽不能為禍乎!」家富良馬,其子好騎,墮而折其髀,人皆弔之。其父曰:「此何遽不為福乎!」居一年,胡人大入塞,丁壯者引弦而戰,近塞之人,死者十九,此獨以跛之故,父子相保。故福之為禍,禍之為福,化不可極,深不可測也。 It can be difficult to foresee the twists and turns which compel misfortune to beget fortune, and vice versa. There once was a old man, skilled in divination, who lived close to the frontier (with his son). One of his horses accidentally strayed into the lands of the Xiongnu, so everyone consoled him. (But) the old man said, "Why should I hastily (conclude) that this is not fortunate?" After several months, the horse came back from the land of the Xiongnu, accompanied by another stallion, so everyone congratulated him. (But) the father said, "Why should I hastily (conclude) that this can not be unfortunate?". One day (the son) fell off the stallion, and broke his leg, so everyone consoled (the father). (But) the father said, "Why should I hastily (conclude) that this is not fortunate?" One year later, the Xiongnu invaded the frontier, and all able-bodied men took up arms and went to war. Of the men from the frontier (who volunteered), nine out of ten men perished (from the fighting). It was only because of (the son's) broken leg, that the father and son were spared (this tragedy). Therefore misfortune begets fortune, and fortune begets misfortune. This goes on without end, and its depths can not be measured. (Wiktionary translation) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/塞翁失馬 Watch our Breast Cancer Awareness promotion on Lifetime TV channel, for the entire month of Oct, starting today at the following times: (EST) 11:20am 4:41pm 10:23pm 1:49am https://youtu.be/IurkmYQIg9E
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