Silver flower silk is the most distinctive traditional gold and silver handicraft of Han nationality in Chengdu. This metal process has a history of 1700 years. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it reached a very high artistic level in China, and it was also known as the "Four Famous Danes" in Chengdu with Shu embroidery, bamboo weaving and lacquerware. Can make filigree jewelry and ornaments. Cultural relics handed down from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China include red agate earrings embedded with filigree enamel, and pine crane jar woven with silver wire.
In 2009, the Ministry of Culture designated Daoan as a national non-genetic inheritor. In addition, there is Tamia Liu, a provincial inheritor. The units responsible for project protection and workshops are Chengdu Gold and Silver Products Co., Ltd. and Chengdu Daoan Art Co., Ltd.
technical characteristics
The biggest feature of the silver flower silk technique is that it adopts the "flat filling" process and has no tire forming, which embodies the artist's superb skills. According to the design drawings, the artist first uses pure silver wires with different thicknesses as graphic frames, and then fills the woven patterns in the middle with different methods.
This unique skill is reminiscent of embroidery and other manual skills, which is completely based on the artist's artistic perception and skilled handwork. Coupled with the application of comprehensive technologies such as filling silk, laying silk, threading and rubbing silk welding, a beautiful honeysuckle silk product was born under the artist.
Even the three-dimensional modeling products, large-scale complex products and irregular products are all tire-free, which shows the technical and artistic content of this folk craft. With high pure silver as raw material, it is unique and exquisite in shape, with strong Han characteristics and unique local style.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Silver Flower Silk