Chinese fairy tales

Stephanie Law - watercolor painter, botanical illustrator and artist of fantastical dreamworld imagery.

Chinese Tales can now be found on Kindle and in paperback on Amazon. Both versions of Chinese Tales feature beautiful illustrations of ancient pottery and vases for every story. Now available from Fairytalez! #fairytales #chinesefairytales #folklore #folktales

“Saki-yama-hime’s themes are freedom, luck, prosperity and wealth. Her symbols are insects and the number 7. The Japanese Goddess of fortune and abundance visits today’s festivit…

I'm not sure why this is coming up in searches as it's been out for a while now, but I've seen more than one mention of the Folio Society's beautiful edition of Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies recently. Since it is still fairly new (mid 2014 release) and there are probably a bunch of you who haven't seen Victo Ngai's stunning work, I thought I'd share some of the illustrations. (She's a fairly prolific artist and quite generous in sharing her process and sketches around social media so do a…

A fascinating collection of short stories, by author Yiyun Li, that reflects the defining philosophies of Chinese culture. Published from The Folio Society, this book is carefully crafted with embossed cloth-bound cover and full page color illustrations a…

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What would some of our favorite Disney fairytales and Western stories look like if they had been conceived in Eastern Asia? Korean illustrator Na Young Wu has an idea – her illustrations feature Disney characters new and old reinterpreted through the prism of modern Korean cartoon illustration, also known as “manhwa.”