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Silk Art Silk Art: Silkporcelain.com Silkporcelain.com are now able to supply a range of silk arts that are of the highest quality. Silk art has been a part of the Chinese culture for many hundreds of years as has become recognized internationally as an art form of excellence and of such a diversity that few other mediums can match. The quality of the stitching, and the fine nature of the silk combine to produce artworks of the highest standards. Silk art is produced in a number of styles and types. The most notable of these are the floral embroideries where the extensive use of coloured silk thread is used to create works that are almost photographic in appearance but, where as a photograph is a one dimensional medium silk artworks give the feel of true depth and feel. The light refraction of the silk produces a luster and sheen that photographs, water-colours and oils are unable to achieve. This characteristic of silk gives a life-like feel to the silk artworks. Silk Art: Floral High quality silk floral art takes the artist 6 - 9 months to produce a single piece consisting of several hundreds of thousands of stitches. The floral silk art that is available from silkporcelain.com is all of the best examples produced. They are all individually selected and prepared ready to be framed.  The smaller Silk Artworks ( 300 x 300 ) are supplied as framed silk arts and are ideal as gifts. The larger Silk arts are supplied in a rolled format, mounted on a high quality backing and are ready to be framed to your requirements. Silk Art: Landscapes Silk embroidered landscapes have evolved from the making of traditional Chinese silk screens. This style of silk art is usually produced with two basic stitching styles, cross stitching and free-form stitching. The larger works are usually produced with a combination of stitching styles but, the very best silk artworks are produced using free form stitching where the stitching is used to create the feeling of reality. This is a technique that works extremely well with waterfalls and trees and is thus a style that is very much sort after in landscapes. When the free form stitching technique is applied and the use of colour is blended to perfection the silk artworks produced attain a quality and luster unlike that achieved through any other medium. The example below is characteristic of the very highest standard of silk landscape art.  Silk Art: Embroidered Pottery This is a relatively new style in silk art. Until recently pottery and porcelain were simply that, pottery and porcelain however, over the past 10 - 15 years niche art throughout the west has become popular. Silk pottery art has been developed to cater for that ever increasing need. The standard style of artworks that are traditionally used at the side wall of a staircase might be a series of smaller artworks. These silk art works are something just a little more up - market and offer something that is just that little bit different. There are generally two styles of stitching used in quality pottery art. The first is a fine running style of stitching and the second is an unusual style that is not often found in artworks other than where very exacting detail is required; this is a knotted stitch where each stitch is actually a tiny knotted thread of silk. The example below is of the later style of knotted stitch.  Silk Art: Traditional Chinese Themes Not surprisingly the use of silk art as a medium has for many years been popular in China. The tendency within China itself is towards traditional Chinese themes. These themes are those that in the west are well known, the porcelain dinner sets and the China-ware that has been popular throughout the west for the past four centuries are all designed on traditional Chinese themes. One of the most well known themes is the Chinese village and bridge scene. Traditional Chinese themes used in silk art may include animals, bird, in particular storks, tigers and often silk embroidered portraits.  A New Format in Presentation Over the past five years there has been a significant increase in international shipping rates. This has resulted in a revision of the manner with which high quality silk art is presented to the market. Silkporcelain.com now supply the majority their silk art in a roll format. This new concept has significant advantage over the previous method of suppling the art-works as a complete and framed items. International air-freight charges are calculated as a combination of volume and weight. The new format of supplying the silks as a roll reduces the volume by about 25 - 40 percent on an average sized item and the total weight is reduced by between 85 and 95 percent. This means in effect that the shipment cost is reduced by around 75 percent. There are a few other benefits in this new formate that work both ways. Since the introduction of the rolled format the incidence of damage during shipment have been reduced to almost Zero. There is no longer any frame to be damaged, nor glazing to be cracked and consequently destroy the art work. This makes both the client happier and also us. One of the problems that has existed and still continues today is the variation that exists with the quality of many of the frames produced within China. Yes, it is true that the client will need to have the artwork framed once it arrives but, now the quality of the framing and the style and design of the frame is where it belongs , with the client. 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