Ningbo gold and silver color embroidery craft

Besides the impact of science and technology, the reasons for the decline of gold and silver colored embroidery are the complexity of technology and the difficulty of inheritance. The main materials of Ningbo gold and silver colored embroidery are gold and silver thread, silk thread, silk base, cotton and yarn. ① Thread: Besides the gold and silver thread developed by ourselves, Ningbo Gold and Silver Color Embroidery also uses various colors of silk thread. Early gold and silver threads were all made of pure gold (silver) and then cut into 0.2 to 0.5 mm gold threads, which were directly used as embroidery threads. Or cotton thread (or silk thread) is used as the core thread, and a gold thread is wound on the outer layer of the core thread. According to relevant historical records, foreign gold thread (imitation gold thread) imported from overseas began to be used after the port was opened; ② Silk substrate (or cloth): used as the background of embroidery patterns; ③ Cotton: Cotton is a characteristic material of Ningbo gold and silver color embroidery, which is mainly used to cushion the faces of characters in embroidery, such as the face, forehead, eyes with dragon patterns and petals of an old birthday girl. This processing method makes the pattern fluctuate and the color luster changes from different angles, which greatly enriches the expressive force and decorative significance of Ningbo gold and silver color embroidery. ④ Gauze: As the back substrate as required, it is closely connected with the front through simple embroidery, so that the work will be under tension and will not go out of shape. The embroidery technology of Ningbo gold and silver color embroidery is roughly divided into four parts: 1. Design drawings. Clarify the content and form of embroidery. Second, poke the flowers with your hands. Make the designed drawings into oiled paper printing plates and print them on silk fabrics. Third, embroidery. Embroidery should first be carried out on the shed, and then the fabric should be checked for missing prints and flatness. Then aim at the embroidery base material, sew it, and then match the color according to the color sample specified in the drawing. When embroidering, embroider colored silk thread first, and then embroider gold and silver thread according to the design requirements. Fourth, the finished product is made. After embroidery is completed, most of them are semi-finished products. According to the designer's intention, the finished product needs to be framed and decorated, made into various decorative items, or framed into frames, or household ornaments, or clothing. The main techniques of Ningbo gold and silver color embroidery are "gold (silver) inlay" and "gold (silver) filling". "Pan gold (silver)" is embroidered with gold (silver) thread according to the trend of line drawing, forming hollow patterns; "Filling with gold (silver)" refers to filling the blank with gold (silver) lines according to the direction of lines drawn by lines until it is filled, thus forming a three-dimensional pattern.