About

'524' sounds like 'Not Easy to Die' in Cantonese.
'Kou' means 'Button' in Mandarin.

Hi there, I'm Fei, the one behind 524kou. From Hong Kong and now living in Austria, I create soft sculptures and wearable fabric art using the nearly forgotten Chinese craft of button making, a technique once popular in 1920s. Since 2016, this traditional method has been both my medium and inspiration. Through my work, I aim to reimagine this ancient craft in a modern context. Each piece is a small exploration of contrast: cute yet strange, nostalgic yet fresh, familiar yet unexpected. Hope to offer new ways of seeing and carry forward an art form rooted in quiet, ancestral wisdom.
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Thanks for visiting and have a lovely day ; )

Craftsmanship