Suzhou embroidery is the representation of Suzhou embroidery, which inherited the Song and Ming’s traditional embroidery skills, learn the characteristics and strengths and Embroidery, the gradual shift from a workshop in nurturing a more singular Yan flowers.
Suzhou embroidery is very broad subject matter, there are flowers and birds, calligraphy, figures, landscapes, etc., especially for the powder of the flower painting, painting artwork for embroidery according to the present, the embroidered long on to enjoy the goods. From appreciation point of view, the major works of art of embroidery characteristics; landscape far and near to points of interest; pavilion with the body is deep; people can have a vivid feeling of looking balcony; flowers can offer graceful intimacy of the state. Imitation of embroidery painting, photo-realistic art of embroidery of their effect is renowned the world over.
In the art of embroidery, the embroidery mostly needle-based, Spiraea sockets are not exposed stitch. Suzhou embroidery up to 40 species, more common are homogeneous needle, needle, needle chaos, Shi needles, pins, needles, casual sets, the actual situation, such as acupuncture, are enormous, unique. If the performance of the halo effect of color in the painting, the use of sets of needles, so that thread in the socket when the pin is not exposed, the natural color transition halo, halo color when the color difference is very small, the socket is very small, often three or four different the same color line or near the color match, sets the color embroidered blooming effect freely.
So when people are often in the evaluation of embroidery, "Ping, Qi, fine, dense, uniform, smooth, and light" summary of eight characters.
Suzhou embroidery, founder of Shen shou (1874 1921) works "Portrait of the Italian Queen Lina" in Italy are long the world’s International Exposition was "the world’s most advanced Tai Honor Award of Excellence", a time well known at home and abroad. Dictated by her, the national Republican industrialist Zhang Jian personal record, finishing as the "Snow official embroidered spectrum", he has some special embroidery techniques, embroidery has become an experience.
