“The River Wide” & “A Happy Hermit” Li Script and Ceramic Seal Carving by Liu Yan Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024 Flower Patterned Paper Third Prize

Third Prize

Member of the Children’s Division of the China Hard-Pen Calligraphy Association

carved and impressed onto ceramic

Calligraphy Style:Clerical Script (隶书)

as symbolized by a solitary crane ascending through the clouds

“The River Wide” & “A Happy Hermit” Li Script and Ceramic Seal Carving by Liu Yan Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024 Flower Patterned Paper Third PrizeDescription: This unique work integrates traditional Li Script (Clerical Script) calligraphy with poetic translation and ceramic seal carving. Liu Yan excerpts lines from the Book of Poetry (Shijing, Spring and Autumn Period) alongside her own modern English poem, A Happy Hermit, creating a cross cultural dialogue between past and present, East and West. The seals, carved and impressed onto ceramic, include: A seal based on The River Wide A reed could