Handmade
Somewhere in Yunnan Province, China 2005
These hand embroidered shoes were in a little box near the compound wall. They were displayed as if they were for sale. They don’t look new but the embroidery looks fresh.
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Here is the embroiderer. She had been sitting in her doorway on a stool the size of a shoebox. It was the only place in her home where she could get enough light to do her needlework.