Inspired by Between Science and Art: On Painted Natural Illustrations of Fish in China (Ichthyology in Context, 1500–1880), this bilingual workshop invites children to create shimmering tin-foil fish reliefs inspired by historical Chinese naturalist paintings.

Each participant studies one type of fish, its form, pattern, and story, then uses aluminum foil and round carving pens to sculpt and draw. Together, these individual works form a large blue-fabric “ocean mural,” symbolizing shared creativity and cross-cultural connection.

Through drawing, tracing, and storytelling, we reimagine the ocean as a space between China and San Francisco, past and present, memory and migration.

“记忆之鱼”探索艺术、科学与迁徙的交汇。灵感来自《科学与艺术之间：中国鱼类绘画的自然图像》（《Ichthyology in Context, 1500–1880》），本次双语工作坊邀请孩子们参考中国古代的鱼类绘画，创作闪亮的锡纸鱼浮雕。每位参与者将研究一种鱼的形态与纹理，使用锡纸与圆头雕笔塑形绘制，并共同完成一幅蓝布背景的“海洋壁画”，象征共享的创造力与跨文化的连结。
通过绘画、描摹与讲述，我们重新想象大海，作为连接中国与旧金山、过去与当下、记忆与迁徙的共享空间。

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This workshop is taught by Xiao He of Little Moss, artist Yameng Lee Thorp, and Daniel Lucas of Problem Library.