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Suzhou Embroidery Pictures On Reversible Silk Screens. Bamboo Furniture In Chinese Home |
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Updated 31st May, 2006. * * * Suzhou Summary * * * August, 1987. Boys On Pavement Watch Passing Suzhou TouristsOn our journey to the Suzhou embroidery workshops we passed under the branches of the pavement trees which formed an arch over the road and if the sun  had been out, then they would have provided welcome shade to the Suzhou workers rebuilding one of the houses. One stall we passed was selling grapes which looked large and juicy, probably grown by a local Suzhou farmer and sold at prices far below those in the UK.The embroidery workshops were in a street which was bustling with activity and under the scrutiny of two young boys by one of the house doors, one boy sitting on a small chair on the pavement while his brother leant against a door post. Through the open door, their mother could be seen preparing food near a bamboo table. The versatile bamboo appeared to have innumerable uses; household furniture; coolie hats, fans, skips and panniers; builders’ scaffolding and fishermen’s sampans. Each item manufactured by craftsmen, although in a much shorter time than the embroidery we were to see in the Suzhou workshops. Almost Transparent Silk On Adjustable FramesThe silk embroidery from Suzhou is renowned throughout China, and in  the "China Towns" of many cities in the world. The fineness of the silk threads used; the merging shades of the colors and the reversible pictures and screens, are always associated with Suzhou embroidery. The closeness of the work involved is a considerable strain on the eyesight of the embroiderers, so their work is done in short periods of ten to fifteen minutes.
In between the work periods, they must rest their eyes and massage the surrounding areas. The base material of Suzhou silk, sometimes almost transparent, is stretched taut on adjustable frames before the seated workers, who must be regarded as artists in their own right, for we saw no sketches, pictures or diagrams from which they might be working.If you are searching for any of the following topics, then just click them ! Suzhou 1:- Cycle Rickshaws And Loaded Cycle Carts On Suzhou Street. Suzhou 3:- Life Like Suzhou Embroidery Of Dog's Head Suzhou 4:- Antique Furniture Inlaid With Grained Stone * * * Suzhou Summary * * *
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