Embroidery on Silk Fabrics

The embroidery thread traditionally used for embroidery on silk fabric is silk as only silk can match the richness of silk. off late viscose or rayon threads are used to give certain effects to the pattern.

There are four important embroidery centers in China. They are Hunan, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Sichuan, each famous for its own particular style. Therefore Xiang (Hunan), Shu (Sichuan), Su (Jiangsu), and Yue (Guangdong) have become the four most famous styles of embroidery. Each is different from the other. Silk thread is used in most but some may use woolen needlepoint, cotton embroidery, and embroidery with gold and silver thread.

Bunka, Japanese punch needle art embroidery involves embroidering pictures on silk fabrics using rayon threads. The traditional embroidery called shishu is done on fine silk fabric with flat colored silk and metallic threads. It was introduced into Japan by the Korean and Buddhists traind in the art by the Chinese. This is an art form of refined elegance, symbolic significance and spiritual devotion, utilizing the exquisite beauty of silk and metal threads.

For centuries silk has had a reputation as a luxurious and sensuous fabric, one associated with wealth and success. Silk is one of the oldest textile fibers known to man. It has been used by the Chinese since the 27th century BC. Embroidery on silk makes it richer.

Kantha and Kasooti are two Indian embroidery forms that use silk embroidery exclusively. Kasuti or Kasooti is followed in Karnataka and Kantha in Orissa west Bengal and Biharuse silk fabrics and silk or cotton threads with metal threads. The themes are religious or the lives and thoughts of the crafts person along with some traditional motifs.

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