Making, painting and lacquering papier-mâché boxes requires great patience, skill and a deep knowledge of this folk art tradition. The smallest box takes almost 3 days to complete. Some require up to a month or more, depending on the imagery to be drawn and painted. Materials used include natural pigments, tempera, gold leaf, egg yolk, old silk paper and lacquer. Asatulla Yuldashev first learned miniature painting at Madrassa Abul-Kassim in Tashkent. Because of his passion for this art, he continued his studies at the Faculty of Art and Traditional Painting, Nizami Tashkent Institute. Asatulla now has his own workshop and also teaches lacquer miniature painting at Madrassa Abul-Kassim.