Pic story: self-taught craftsman makes over 1,000 gourd pyrography handicrafts

Wang Hongmiao records a video clip of the process of making a gourd pyrography work in a bid to promote his works on the internet at his home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 4, 2019. Wang Hongmiao, a 57-year-old self-taught craftsman, has made over 1,000 gourd pyrography handicrafts featuring historical figures, fairy tales, plants, animals and insects in the past ten years. Gourd pyrography is an art of decorating the gourd by burning a graphic design on the surface with heated tools. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)