Jinmei is the mother of Yuchen. Jinmei started to make art at the age of 50. In 2015, she started to draw with color markers on sketch books. The repetitive patterns she created were endearing, stubborn, and mysterious all at once. Stunned by her mother’s talent, Yuchen decided to make a book for her, and began compiling and sequencing the drawings in 2016. In the following years, with a variety of materials including crayon and spatula, Jinmei has created much more complex forms and textures: her self-invented techniques have achieved incredible sophistication; her undulating lines and explosive dots punctuate the elemental force of life itself. In 2024, with the support from Huayu Youth Award, this book was finally published under Yuchen’s new imprint How Many Books. Titled after Jinmei’s signature on her art, 晋美 jm has 458 pages, encompassing many phases of Jinmei’s passionate and persistent practice, as well as a preface and an interview of Jinmei by Yuchen. There are 6 cover variations. -Publisher

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