Saturday, January 5, 2008

Framed Handmade Chinese Silk

Framed Handmade Chinese Silk Embroidery : White Lotus 1Custom-Made only. The item is based on the photo, NOT 100% as the photo that you see. More about Chinese Hunan (Xiang) Embroidery : Hunan Embroidery was originated from the Spring and Autumn period of China with a long history of more than 2000 years. Hunan Embroidery is a famous embroidery in China. It's a folk art with Xiang-Chu cultural characteristics, famous for its rich colors. By adopting over 100 kinds of stitches and using silk threads of more than 200 colors, the unique technique of Hunan embroidery allows threads of different colors to mix naturally, producing a very harmonious effect. Hunan Embroidery features techniques of painting, calligraphy, embroidery and poetry, especially traditional Chinese landscape painting. The making of Hunan Embroidery is very complex and exquisite, the embroidery artist make into full play the artistic manifestations of the different stitches that depict delicately the inward and outward features of the images. The embroidered works are characterized by delicate designs, fine craftsmanship, rich colours and elegant art style. It's really an incredible Chinese art - a kind of painting with a Needle.

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