Yang Shouyu, formerly known as Yun, also known as Xiaoyu and nicknamed Xiangyun, was born in June 1896 in the Yang family compound in Gujia Lane, Juqian Street, Changzhou. This college was built by his father Yang Ziheng. The front yard has a grassy stone path and a dense shade of toona trees. Behind the screen wall is the second courtyard, with rockeries, green bamboos, and lotus vats with green lotuses. Behind the courtyard are the living room, inner room, and wing room, with a corridor surrounding the patio. There are two flower beds built in it. The east side is full of colorful flowers in all seasons, and the west side is full of spring peonies. Osmanthus and tianzhu are also planted in the small patio in front of the wing. Finally, there is the back garden, which is different from the small and exquisite Jiangnan gardens.
Yang Shouyu’s mother Liu is Liu Haisu’s aunt. Liu Haisu and Yang Shouyu are the same age, but only a few months older.
Liu Haisu's home is in Qingyunfang, not far from here. You can walk out of De Nongkou, cross the river on a bridge, and bend through a few secluded lanes. About a mile away, you will find the Liu family's deep compound. Five steps forward and backward, there are high-rise buildings, a nanmu hall, and the patios are all paved with bluestone, giving the impression of a wealthy gentry. There is also a garden behind the house, lined with Taihu stones, planted with flowers and trees, and depicting the scenery of the four seasons. It is a relaxing garden for pleasure and a world of art.
Yang Shouyu often went to his uncle's house with his mother, and he was familiar with the stones in the well, the fragrant path in the garden, and even more familiar with the playful and innocent Jiu Ge Haisu. Liu Haisu's courtesy name was Jifang. Because he was the ninth oldest, Yang Shouyu called him the ninth brother.
Family and friendship gave them childhood friendship, but they had their own misfortunes as children. Yang Shouyu lost his father at the age of 9, so he lived with his mother in the Liu family. When Liu Haisu's mother passed away when he was 14, Yang's mother took charge of the housework for the Liu family. The Liu and Yang families depend on each other, and the children have compassion for each other in the absence of love.
Yang Shouyu once learned embroidery from her cousin Zhuang Zhucheng and fell in love with painting. Liu Haisu has been learning to draw since he was 6 years old, and he can actually make messy looks. Seeing that their children liked painting and had certain talents, the Liu family specially hired a tutor named Du to teach Liu Haisu and Yang Shouyu how to paint. With the guidance of the teacher, the children made rapid progress. Flowers appeared on the bottom of the pen, and there were mountains and flowing water. Yang Shouyu was very envious of Ninth Brother's intelligence and budding talent. The painting "Crab" has a vivid and childlike mood. Liu Haisu also likes his cousin's diligence, studiousness, delicateness and agility. There is a picture of myna in "Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual", but 14-year-old Yang Shouyu embroidered it with skillful hands. Its shape and spirit are similar, and it is about to jump out, as if talking to people.
In 1910, when they were 15 years old, Liu Haisu opened a traditional Chinese painting training school at his home in Qingyunfang. But it was difficult for girls to leave home at that time, so the only people who came to the museum to practice painting were about a dozen girls from relatives, and Yang Shouyu was among them.
The vocational school focuses on self-study, painting or sketching in the morning, reading painting theory and commenting on each other's paintings in the afternoon, using a learning method that is a mixture of old-style academies and traditional schools. So Yang Shouyu had the opportunity to get along with Brother Jiu day and night.
The admiration of young people is natural to human nature and cannot be hidden, just like the plum blossoms blooming against the snow and the red apricots emerging from the wall. Liu Haisu's sister Mu Ci had already seen the clues.
Ninth brother, how about cousin Xiang?
Haisu couldn't help but blush, and just nodded.
Looking at the innocence and sincerity on Ninth Brother’s face, Sister Mu Ci patted his shoulder and said: Don’t worry, I will definitely help you and make everything possible for you.
When Liu Haisu was 16 years old, his father wanted to propose marriage for him. Liu Haisu was full of joy. He knew that his father liked cousin Xiang. She was a leader among the students in the art studio. Her father came to the art studio to see that cousin Xiang was not bad at painting. He liked cousin Xiang's intelligence and studiousness, and once told her: Jiu'er, Xiangyun is our closest relative, you should help her more.
Yang Shouyu naturally heard some rumors, and could not help but be blown away by the spring water in his heart. She also longed for the Liu and Yang families to get closer, and paint and live together with Brother Jiu until they stayed in the wild geese in the reed pond, with their heads covered with reeds.
The Liu family was busy purchasing betrothal gifts, but Liu Haisu was still in the clouds, and the answer to the marriage finally came from his father's mouth. It turned out that the person he hired was Miss Lin Jia, the daughter of the Lin Family Bank in Danyang. It was like a thunderbolt struck his head. Liu Haisu was stunned. He was surprised and confused, but his words were clear. He felt anger filling his chest and blood burning his face.
Liu Haisu ran out and found Sister Mu Ci.
Sister, you said you would help us and fulfill us, but now...
They are obviously a match made in heaven, how can they be incompatible with each other? Sister Mu Ci sighed, Ninth Brother, I can’t bear to leave you, but what can I do now?
In fact, Yang Shouyu had already shed tears. She left the Liu family with her mother half a month ago. Her mother knew it in her heart and did not want to hurt her daughter's heart by saying it. But Shouyu kept asking why she wasn't allowed to learn painting from Brother Jiu. The mother felt her daughter's doubts and anxiety from her earnest eyes, but she couldn't bear it but had to say it.
Yun'er, you are already a eldest daughter... Brother Ninth has already proposed marriage...
Whose family? Shouyu asked eagerly.
She is Miss Lin from Danyang.
Ah--
My mother was waiting for some words of comfort, but Shouyu turned around and ran back to the room, closed the door and cried.
Liu Haisu could no longer bear the injustice of his fate. He rushed out of the house with tears in his eyes and went straight to the Yang family compound. He had many things to say to his cousin. The gatekeeper told him that Miss Yun was gone and had gone to study abroad. He didn't believe it, so he still stepped into the courtyard gate, but there was no response from anywhere. In the courtyard, the rockery and green bamboos are still there, but in the lotus vat, there are fragrant green leaves of lotus leaves, which are haggard and swollen in the west wind. It's unbearable to see!
Yang Shouyu and her mother knew that Liu Haisu would come to their door. Since they had no choice but to let the flowers fall, why would they meet Gui Yan again and only add to their sadness? What's more, people are fearful, and the Yang family is It is better to avoid people who attach great importance to reputation. Yang Shouyu went to study ancient Chinese with Shi Liang's father Shi Pinsanfuzi. She also wanted to get over the tragedy of love and clear away the shadows in her soul.
In order to leave her loyalty and innocence to Ninth Brother forever, after much thought and heartbreak, she changed her name from Shouyu to Shouyu. She thought that Brother Ninth would know her pain and sacrifice in the future. So close and so far away, Yang Shouyu turned the longing for her daughter into a faint wisp of love and empathized with Huixiu. It seemed that this was her only spiritual sustenance. Painting is the common interest of her and Brother Jiu, while Brother Jiu regards painting as his career pursuit. After hearing that he resisted marriage, Brother Jiu went to Shanghai to open a picture art museum and continue his career, which moved Yang Shouyu very much. She chose painting and embroidery and applied for the drawing class of Changzhou Women's Normal School. Not being able to be partners in life, but wanting to become artistic confidants with Brother Nine, this life situation became the driving force and new vision of Yang Shouyu's life.
Yang Shouyu was 17 years old that year. Among a group of lively girls, she was taciturn and seemed quiet and reserved. She had inner self-improvement and perseverance, and she concentrated on her studies. She does very well in drawing and can embroider. He is diligent and studious, and he is humble and kind to others, which attracted the attention of Mr. Lu Fengzi, the drawing teacher and head teacher.
One day, Lu Fengzi found Yang Shouyu in the office.
Yang Sheng, young people should be more lively. Why are you silent?
Yang Shouyu did not want to reveal his feelings, lowered his head and looked troubled. Seeing this, Mr. Lu did not force her to answer, so he changed the topic again.
You are good at painting and embroidery. Who did you learn it from?
Yang Shouyu talked about learning painting with his cousin Liu Haisu and embroidery from his cousin Zhuang Zhuocheng, speaking softly and slowly without appearing to be arrogant or reserved. Lu Fengzi nodded in approval:
You have such a foundation, which is already very good. You have to work harder and study hard. After graduation, you can become a teacher at the regular girls' school I run, okay?
Of course! Yang Shouyu's eyes showed smile and gratitude.
Lv Fengzi is an artist and educator with progressive ideas. Yang Shouyu admires Mr. Lu’s personality, knowledge and cultivation very much. Mr. Lu carefully guided and cultivated her, and she had a deeper understanding of Mr. Lu's educational thought that only with the existence of love and beauty can goodness and truth exist, and she drew nourishment and strength from it, and achieved great results. With continuous progress, he became the graduate with excellent academic performance that Mr. Lu hoped for.
In 1915, Yang Shouyu was selected by Lu Fengzi as a drawing technology teacher at Danyang Zhengze Girls' School. Here, she can continue to learn painting from Mr. Lu Fengzi while teaching. This is the art path she originally chose. My cousin Liu Haisu is also walking on the road of art. I think my cousin will be happy with his choice, because painting was their common interest. The birds flew apart, but they were flying in the same sky of art, and art became their spiritual companionship.
At that time, Liu Haisu was already serving as the vice principal of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. The development of his career makes him satisfied, but it often triggers thoughts about past regrets. He was still moved by his cousin's ice heart in a jade pot. He no longer had the opportunity to paint plum blossoms in the snow with his cousin, and the sparse shadows in his heart floated with his fragrance-like longing.
Coincidentally, in 1916, Lu Fengzi took over the post of dean of his younger brother Lu Cheng's Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts and concurrently served as director of the Normal University. Liu Haisu naturally obtained information about Yang Shouyu.
Yang Shouyu was cultivated by Mr. Lu Fengzi at Zhengze School. He made artistic progress and broadened his vision and ideas. In the practice of teaching, she has independent thinking about embroidery. She believes that embroidery and painting have different tools and each should have its own personality. However, embroidery from historical records to modern times is just like a painting, because the traditional embroidery method in the past used parallel needles, aligned color threads in the same direction, and completed it in one pass, which restricted the expressiveness and ability of embroidery. creativity. In order for embroidery to become an independent plastic art, the needle, the embroidery tool, should be used to its full potential. She began to study embroidery stitches and explored the long road. After more than ten years of arduous trial and error, she integrated the brush and color principles of Western painting into embroidery techniques. Using random needles, different directions, and colored threads of different thicknesses and lengths, it is done multiple times to create the random stitch embroidery method.
In 1928, Yang Shouyu's first random stitch embroidery "Old Head" was published. The embroidery that had been flat for thousands of years suddenly became three-dimensional. Its rich colors, vivid descriptions, smooth lines, and free and unrestrained style are refreshing and shocked the embroidery world of animation. Since then, Chinese traditional embroidery has opened up a new artistic world and erected a third milestone. His artistic transformation had a profound impact.
While Yang Shouyu was concentrating on studying random stitch embroidery, there was a lot of turmoil with his cousin Liu Haisu in Shanghai. The Shanghai Art College held a life drawing class on human models and exhibited some of the human body sketches. Public opinion was in an uproar, and the hypocrites were even more furious, calling Liu Haisu an art traitor and a thief in the education world. Since then, they have been oppressed by bureaucrats, warlords, and governments one after another.
This turmoil has lasted for 10 years, how can Yang Shouyu remain unknown? Her and Liu Haisu's artistic minds are connected. Her husband's models are objects, and European artists are necessary assistants when practicing. Together with her cousin, she takes on the responsibility of defending the truth of art.
The creation of random stitch embroidery created conditions for her. She challenged the ignorance of the world with the needles and colored threads in her hands, and embroidered two female nude works, "Girl and Goose" and "Out of the Bath", which silently expressed the meaning of "Girl and Goose" and "Out of Bath" with her rich colors and vitality. Liu Haisu's language and human body beauty are the most beautiful among beauties, showing the true meaning of art and the progress of ideological and cultural progress. The works were exhibited in Jiangsu Province and caused a sensation.
The acquaintance of art endures the wind and rain. After the liberation, Shanghai Art College was merged into the newly-built East China Art College with the adjustment of departments and departments, and Liu Haisu became the principal. When setting up departments considering the development of art in New China, he thought of Yang Shouyu. He knew that Yang Shouyu climbed to the peak of embroidery art without fear of difficulties, and won the respect of society with his artistic conscience, character and achievements. In 1935, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education awarded Yang Shouyu a commendation for his creation of random stitch embroidery and machine stitch embroidery, praising the perfection of the embroidery method and fearing that no one in the country would be good at it. During the Anti-Japanese War, he moved to Bishan, Sichuan with Zhengze School. In 1944, he taught at Chongqing National Art College. Yang Shouyu was approved by the Ministry of Education as an associate professor. His representative work "Roosevelt Embroidery" was presented to US President Roosevelt as a national gift after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War (the work is now in the National Gallery of Art). Liu Haisu wanted to set up a painting and embroidery department in the Art College, and Yang Shouyu was the most suitable candidate to take charge of it. To be serious about the matter, Liu Haisu asked Peng Baishan, the Minister of Culture of East China, who immediately issued a letter of appointment in the name of the Ministry of Culture of East China, inviting Yang Shouyu to come to Shanghai to engage in embroidery research.
Yang Shouyu hesitated holding the letter. In 1947, due to the mental shock of not seeing his mother who died during the Anti-Japanese War, and the long-term fatigue of embroidery, he had difficulty lifting his right arm, so he left Danyang and returned to Changzhou to recuperate. She loved art, and even though she was ill, she did not completely stop painting and embroidery. Her spirit was lifted, and people have not forgotten her and the random stitch embroidery she created. This is indeed a good opportunity to promote random stitch embroidery and develop the art of embroidery. But thinking about the background of the letter, it turned out that it was recommended by her cousin Liu Haisu, and her inner peace was stirred up again.
Liu Haisu is already a very influential artist at home and abroad. If you study art with him, you will definitely make great progress. But the relationship ended early, and Liu Haisu had a family, so it was very inconvenient to get along with them. She was an extremely self-respecting person. After much hesitation, she declined the invitation from the East China Ministry of Culture, which meant she declined the invitation from her cousin Liu Haisu.
It is still the companionship of the artistic soul. Xie Xiaosi, a former colleague of Zhengze Girls' School, became the education director of Suzhou City, advocated the establishment of an embroidery school, and hired Yang Shouyu as the principal. Yang Shouyu declined, only willing to serve as a consultant, and then continued her art education and artistic pursuits at Suzhou Embroidery School. Similar results but different results, she did not disappoint Liu Haisu.
In the early days of liberation, people's worship of leaders was a common mentality. Hearing that the Asia and Pacific Regional Peace Conference would be held in Beijing, Yang Shouyu wanted to embroider portraits of Stalin and Mao Zedong, the people's leaders who defended peace, out of piety. In 1952, she was 57 years old. Although her eyesight was gradually failing, she still tried to improve her embroidery skills. She concentrated on her spare time and spent half a year embroidering two giant portraits of Marshal Stalin and Chairman Mao as a gift for the conference. But for a while, he didn't know the way to submit the work, so Yang Shouyu thought of Liu Haisu. His cousin had many contacts with people from all walks of life, and there would be a way to help him express his wishes, so he asked someone to deliver the work to Liu Haisu in Shanghai.
Liu Haisu opened the two embroidered portraits and was filled with admiration. In the past, we only heard the name of random stitch embroidery, but now we can see the reality of random stitch embroidery. What a beautiful work of art! He was happy for Yang Shouyu's artistic creation and achievements, and was even more moved by his cousin's value in enriching life with art despite his loneliness. So I was happy to write a letter to Guo Moruo, praising Yang Shouyu for pioneering several embroidery methods, using needles as pens, using colored silk as painting, integrating painting and embroidery, and creating his own style. He also recommended two embroidery portraits, and asked future generations to present them to the conference. presented.
Yang Shouyu finally got her wish, expressing the Chinese people's call to defend world peace with her works. The two embroidered portraits of leaders were well received by the participants. Later, Stalin's embroidery was also given to the Soviet Union as a gift.
Seeing the Sunset at the Red Mansion
Let the flowers bloom and fall, the clouds roll and relax, the anti-rightist struggle, the catastrophe of the Cultural Revolution, and suffering have tempered Liu Haisu's art and life. Yang Shouyu often sat in front of the window, facing Tianzhu in the small courtyard, listening to the river water in front of the street lapping at the embankment of his soul. In the midst of fear, it seemed as if Brother Haisu was looking directly at her, and in the midst of misery, there was hope. As long as there was a little freedom, she could not give up on art, so she would pick up the pen and needle heavily from time to time to live through the difficult years.
In just a few decades, science and culture have had a second spring. In October 1980, Liu Haisu returned to his hometown of Changzhou after a long absence. He was surrounded by flowers, crowds, applause and local accents. Isn't the wanderer's nostalgia the hometown where he was born and raised and the people who live in this land that make him miss him often? My cousin Yang Shouyu is in Changzhou, can I meet her? Letting the phantom of his mind return to the reality of life, he revealed his thoughts to the receptionist Xiao Jin.
Xiao Jin enthusiastically made arrangements. On a sunny afternoon, they drove to Gujia Alley, Juqian Street. Liu Haisu was a little excited and couldn't control it, but he hesitated to stop after getting out of the car. What he saw before him was beyond recognition. It was no longer the Yang family compound in his memory. With his hands still trembling slightly, he straightened his clothes and then gently opened the door to the small courtyard.
He followed people into Yang Shouyu's bedroom. The floorboards creaked under his feet, but some of the mottled paint furniture was familiar from the past. Does my cousin live in such an environment? He was a little sad; but the room was neat and clean, showing Yang Shouyu's poor and self-sufficient character, which made him respect him a little more. When he looked up, he saw a slightly yellowed black and white photo hanging on the wall. He was no longer familiar with that look. Here, handsome, delicate, dignified and quiet, it is my cousin Yang Shouyu when she was young! 60 years, this is the first meeting after 60 years. Liu Haisu looked around, but why couldn't he see the shadow of his cousin Shouyu?
Yang Shouyu is in the back room between the bookcases. When she heard that she was going to meet her ninth brother Haisu, she was very excited. Her heart was filled with endless waves, and she was even a little restless. She didn't think about food and drinks. She waited for the time and waited at the courtyard gate, looking forward to meeting Brother Haisu. See you after we say goodbye. But when things came to pass, hesitation and timidity arose again, and her heavy worries and strong self-esteem locked her up again. So she hid in the back room and sat in a corner of the room leaning on her cane. Listening to the sound of the floor, you can hear Brother Haisu's footsteps; listening to other people's words, you can't hear Brother Haisu's words.
In the end, Liu Haisu only had Xiao Jin to tell him politely while waiting. Professor Yang may be too excited and feels a little unwell, so he cannot come out to see you at the moment...
After Liu Haisu left, Yang Shouyu also fell into mental pain. He really regretted not hurting his cousin too much. After some persuasion and contact, they were arranged to meet at the Red House in Jinyuan where Liu Haisu was staying.
One afternoon three days later, when preparing to leave, Yang Shouyu was at a loss and hesitated again. Not going, not going. I am so old, what should I do? Yang Shouyu was a person who loved beauty, but when she looked at herself in the mirror, she looked old, so it was better to let her cousin Haisu retain the impression of her when she was young. But he couldn't calm down. He sat there and kept stroking the teacup in his hand, thinking to himself, "How can this be good? How can this be good?" To relieve the mental burden of 60 years of longing, this opportunity can no longer be given up. Then I thought about what clothes to wear? After rummaging around, she found that she was poor and had few decent clothes. There was a navy blue blouse that was slightly better, but it was too short when she tried it on. Finally, I pulled out a blue woolen jacket and a black woolen jacket, which looked quite decent. Adding cyan trousers and black cloth shoes, the outfit is simple, neat and elegant. But she was still afraid that something would go wrong, so she kept nagging: Is this good? And a car horn sounded outside the door.
Yang Shouyu was taken to the red building in the nearby garden, and Liu Haisu was already waiting at the door. They looked at each other, but they were speechless. The depth of this life is solidified in the air. Liu Haisu woke up from his dreamy trance and slowly stretched out his hand to shake hands with Yang Shouyu. Yang Shouyu said: We are all old! The subtext in the words was the roar of their souls. Liu Haisu patted the back of his cousin's hand. You and I haven't seen each other for decades. Time flies so fast!
After that, he stood frozen in endless contemplation. < /p>
The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the red building, illuminating this condensed sixty years of life. A moment for a thousand years, the eternity of the connection between hearts. Also known as regular embroidery and brocade embroidery. It is a new type of embroidery suitable for embroidering ornamental items. Random stitch embroidery was founded in the 1930s, and its founder was Yang Shouyu (see Yang Shouyu). Random stitch embroidery mainly uses long and short intersecting lines and layered coloring techniques to express the picture. The needlework is lively, the lines are smooth, the colors are rich, the layering is strong, and the style is unique. He is good at embroidering oil paintings, photography, sketches and other manuscript works. On the basis of inheriting Yang Shouyu's random stitch embroidery stitches, Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute has now innovatively developed embroidery techniques such as virtual and real random stitch embroidery, double-sided random stitch embroidery, double-sided strange embroidery and double-sided three different embroidery. Take your skills to a new level.
About random stitch embroidery
Random stitch embroidery was pioneered by the famous Chinese Suzhou embroidery artist Yang Shouyu in the early 1930s. She used the traditional embroidery method of arranging needles and closely connecting threads to create a technique of intersecting straight and horizontal diagonal lines of varying lengths and layering colors to embroider figures, landscapes, still lifes, and animals. The emergence of random needles is a major breakthrough in my country's thousands of years of traditional embroidery. It is a pioneering work that integrates Western painting and Chinese embroidery, opening up broad prospects for moving to a higher level of art. Chen Yaxian, a disciple of the artist Yang Jingyu, inherited the style of his late master. She created the portrait "Happy Old Man" with random stitches, which has a distinctive and prominent image, a cheerful expression, and strong appeal. The character's face has vertical and horizontal wrinkles, loose skin, and fluffy hair. The silver hair, especially the flowing beard, is the perfect finishing touch to the overall composition.
After the successful development of random stitch embroidery in Su embroidery works, it is no longer exclusively about small animals as the theme. It has embroidered the colorful world of Shen embroidery. After the famous American photographer Robert Kochimu's work "Cedar" was embroidered into Suzhou embroidery, he savored it fascinatedly and was completely impressed by the exquisiteness and magic of oriental art.
Characteristics of random stitch embroidery
Chaos stitch embroidery is a new embroidery art created by combining painting theory and embroidery theory. It uses special random stitch techniques to create Made of needle drawing. It uses needle and thread as a tool. Overlap and stack straight lines in different directions and colors to express the volume of objects, the spatial relationship between front and rear objects, and color changes. The distinguishing feature of random stitch embroidery is that it breaks away from the traditional method of closely connecting its needles and aligning its threads. Instead, it does not adhere to dogma and allows the author to express his thoughts and feelings freely. Therefore, random stitch embroidery has its own intricate technical requirements. And become an extremely precious work of art.
The complexity and preciousness of random stitch embroidery is chaos, and chaos is reasonable and regular chaos. Chaos is to achieve overall unity and more lively changes. The embroiderer must according to his own needs. Changes in length, thickness, density, and depth of lines can be used with the intention. The needle is directed by emotion, the meaning is expressed by thread, and emotions are blended together. According to the changing rules of light and color, rich and varied needlework is used to reflect the beauty of lines and three-dimensional texture of the work. In this way, all the chaos we see in the works is in line with reason and law, making people feel the vitality bursting out of the chaos, and showing a sense of movement in the chaos. The stitches and threads overlap so freely and are just right.
Chaos stitch embroidery pays special attention to the color effect. It has many more layers than ordinary embroidery. Make the color thicker so that the color effect can come out. So the random stitch embroidery work looks like an oil painting. But it’s different from oil painting. Because the silk thread is shiny, the lines on the embroidery surface in different directions will have different colors under the light from different directions. When the light is strong and the light is weak, when viewed in the bright place and in the dark, There are different effects when viewed from the front and side. When two colors on an oil painting are mixed, they become another hue, and the original two colors no longer exist. When the two color lines on the embroidery surface cross and overlap, a third hue can be obtained. The original two hues Still exists. Therefore, the colors are brighter and brighter than those of oil paintings, forming a unique style of embroidery.
The author of random stitch embroidery must have a foundation in oil painting, which not only requires mastering the basic knowledge of painting, but also requires proficient painting skills. At the same time, you can master embroidery theory and have proficient embroidery skills. Therefore, the authors of random needle lures must go through long and arduous training and rely on the experience accumulated in practice to engage in production. An independent embroidery worker needs 5 to 10 years of professional practice.
The difference between random stitch embroidery and ordinary embroidery lies in its long creation cycle. Before production, you must first draw a sketch and color draft. It is necessary to think over and over again about the expression method, operation steps and the effect after embroidery. Once you have a clear idea, proceed with the operation.
The operation is not done in one go. It usually requires three layers of pricking. For the first layer of color, embroider a layer of background color according to the contours and color blocks of the embroidery manuscript. The thread for embroidering the background color should be thicker and the lines can be longer. For the second layer, make it thinner. Pay attention to the top sequence. Generally, first Stitch the objects with large area and the back, do it after the small area and the object in the front, and do the important and eye-catching last. Every time you do it, you must take care of the relationship between the whole and each object; the third level is for fine art. In processing, focus on the changes in lines, light and color, and use dark and light colored threads of different light colors to unify the light and color on the entire embroidery surface. Presenting a harmonious sense of light and tone. At this stage, the power of the needle is the same as the power of the pen. It is the vitality of the art of needlework, the embodiment of the author's thoughts and feelings, and an important symbol to measure the artistic level of the work. Therefore, at this stage, the needle transport and the use of colors must be carefully considered before making a decisive decision. The needle is used so that each stitch and thread are properly reflected in the embroidery surface, making the lines lively and dull. At this stage, the silk splitting technique must also be used. According to the needs of the subject matter, the author needs to split a regular silk thread into several branched filaments to show the characteristics of random stitch embroidery, which is thick and thin, and the thickness is organically combined. When tattooing, especially when expressing certain objects such as human skin, in order to achieve a delicate effect, you need to consider the thickness of the line. At its finest, the split wire reaches one-forty-eighth, which shows how delicate and difficult this operation is.
To sum up, the working process of random stitch embroidery is much more complicated than ordinary embroidery. Each work takes a very long time, such as a portrait embroidery with a size of 40CM×5OCM. The construction period is more than three months. Some masterpieces took nearly a year to complete. Therefore, there are very few random stitch embroidery works circulating in the market.
Changzhou Institute of Arts and Crafts is a professional unit where Professor Yang Shouyu, the founder of random stitch embroidery, personally taught the skills during his lifetime, and has cultivated a group of accomplished successors in random stitch embroidery. Most of them have nationally recognized high or intermediate technical titles. It has become the designated base with the longest history and the strongest technical strength in the research and development of random stitch embroidery in China. He has won the highest national honor, the Gold Cup Award, twice. Over the past 30 years since the institute was established, random stitch embroidery works have been sold to nearly 100 countries around the world, and it has commissioned portraits for many foreign heads of state. As a precious fine art, random stitch embroidery is widely collected by people from all walks of life at home and abroad. Make a greater contribution to the development of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation.
In addition, there are no special requirements for the preservation of random stitch embroidery works except that they need to avoid strong light as much as possible and pay attention to moisture-proofing.
In short, Suzhou embroidery is the crystallization of the artists’ pure artistic sentiments and intelligence. It shrinks thousands of miles into the size of the scale, embroiders with thousands of interesting things at the fingertips, uses less to defeat more, uses virtuality to replace reality, and embroidery needles Although small, the threads convey emotions, which is the charm of Chinese Su embroidery art.