Jianying Lu is an inheritor of Suzhou embroidery, an important tradition of Chinese intangible cultural heritage. She is known for combining traditional embroidery techniques with the visual language of classical Chinese painting. Working primarily with natural mulberry silk, she uses finely split threads, layered colour transitions, and intricate hand stitching to recreate landscapes, figures, and historical paintings in silk. Her practice is rooted in the idea of using the needle as a brush and thread as colour, giving traditional imagery new life through embroidery.