Reeling: The essence of silk art

Reeling, also known as "engraving", is the essence of Chinese silk artwork. This is a pattern through the Cai Wei show, the formation of pattern boundaries, as if carved engraved engraved effect, and rich double-sided three-dimensional sense of silk crafts. Reeling method is different from embroidery and tapestry. It uses "through the weft," the weaving, and general Kam weave are all through the through-weft method, that is, weft through the fabric of the entire format. As shown, Reeling has its own dedicated loom - Reeling Machine, which is a simple plain wood machine. Weaving, the first loom to be installed on the warp, warp lining canvas or book, weaving through the warp, with a brush to paint the like pattern on the painted surface, and then were about 10 cm in length, The boat with a variety of silk shuttle in small patterns according to the pattern weaving. The same color of the weft does not have to cross the entire format, simply according to the outline of the pattern or screen color change, constantly changing shuttle. Reeling can freely change color, making it particularly suitable for making calligraphy and painting works. Weave weaving weaving must have a certain degree of artistic attainments. The structure of the silk fabric follows the principle of thin warp and fine weft, white warp and weft warp, straight warp weft principle, that is, the color is fine, the color weft is thick, the warp weft is warp, and only the color weft does not reveal the warp. As weft full coverage of the upper fabric, weaving will not be affected by the latitude contraction of the effect of the pattern. (Hu Zhanli)

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