Shi's designs mostly focus on four series, including the Palace Museum and landscapes. Zaojing (caisson ceilings) are one of her favorite motifs.

Shi uses special bamboo and cloth. She has finished more than 100 embroidered fans, which are exhibited twice a year in different cities in China.

Shi also studies many other seemingly unrelated subjects that actually improve her embroidery, she says. She took half a year to learn cosmetology and is now practicing photography. Her travel photos sometimes inspire her fan designs.

She also makes round silk-fan brooches.