What is the representative work of Su embroidery?

What are the representative works of Su embroidery?

1. The double-sided embroidery "Cat"

is one of the representative works of Su embroidery. Artists divide an embroidery thread as thick as a hair into one-half, one-quarter, one-twelfth, and one-forty-eighth fine threads for embroidery, and hide thousands of thread ends and knots. Without a trace. Whether from the front or the back, you can see the kitten's naughty and lively look. The most difficult thing about embroidering a cat is a pair of cat eyes. Artists need to use more than 20 colors of silk thread to make the cat eyes bright and lifelike.

2. Hundreds of birds paying homage to the phoenix

The huge phoenix is ??in the center. Surrounding the phoenix are more than thirty birds flying up and down, playing, singing, chasing and playing in different postures; The large embroidered surface is embroidered with numerous trees and flowers, such as peach trees, magnolias, day lilies, dianthus, bamboos, double crabapples, peonies, hydrangeas, orchids, daisies and grasses, etc.; richly varied Taihu stones and ponds are dotted among them. The overall color of the embroidered pieces is red and the atmosphere is warm. There are countless colors, including red series, yellow series, blue, green and brown series. The color effect is bold, bright and bright, and the overall style is harmonious and unified.

3. "Portrait of the Queen of Italy"

Portrait embroidery is a difficult work in Suzhou embroidery. It uses real-life photography and paintings as the embroidery draft. It not only requires both spirit and shape, but also demeanor and expression. It varies from person to person. To make the embroidery vivid and lifelike, it requires a high degree of combination of skills and art.