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What is called Woof Craft-Short Introduction

Woof through the "carve", woof is also known as carve silk, refers to the Chinese silk weaving industry in the most traditional kind of picking the warp and weft, is a very decorative silk fabrics. Woof craft in China has been passed down for a long time, and as early as in the Song and Yuan Dynasty is one of the royal fabrics, often used to make the emperor, empress and other royal costumes, will also be used to make the Royal Rong like and calligraphy and painting of famous artists.

What is the woof

The woof process is so named because it is a kind of warp and color weft pattern, forming a pattern border, so as to achieve a kind of effect like carving and engraving, is a kind of three-dimensional sense of double-sided silk crafts, but although the same as the silk products, but the woof weaving method and embroidery, brocade is different.

In the woof, there is a special machine, which is also called loom woofing machine. In the woofing, the warp is installed on the loom, and the drawing or the book is lined under the warp, and the person who makes it uses a brush to draw the colorful pattern on the warp, and then uses a small shuttle to woof in accordance with the pattern of the part of the partition.

Characteristics of woof

Woof work is a collective creation of works, the creation of the project is often very costly and time-consuming, and sometimes it takes several months or even more than a year to complete a piece of work, but after the completion of the woof work is often highly ornamental, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality, and the subject matter of the work is very hot at that time, and it is very popular in the market.