There are two kinds of silk reeling: one is daily necessities, including buns, handbags, wallets, book covers, glasses bags, table rugs, cushions and kimono belts. The other category is artworks, including gold screen, screen strip, nave, hand scroll, album and so on.
Suzhou silk art has formed different artistic features in different periods since the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the methods of "ring", "flat", "wooden comb", "shuttle" and "door latch" were used in the technique, which made the picture colorful and comfortable, giving people a beautiful enjoyment. Today's art of reeling silk has made new development on the basis of inheriting the traditional reeling techniques. In 1977, under the guidance of Wang Jinshan, the silk reeling artist of Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute carefully weaved a large-scale masterpiece of silk reeling in Jindi with a width of 8 meters and a height of 2 meters-Chairman Mao's poem "Xijiangyue Jinggangshan". Traditional silk reeling can only express block letters or official script calligraphy, while Chairman Mao's poems are cursive calligraphy with dry pen, which is quite difficult to express dry, wet and shade. Wang Jinshan, according to the change of each word's reality and the shade of dry and wet, not only used the traditional techniques such as knot, hook and hook, but also pioneered the weaving technique of twisted yarn and the method of sloping shuttle, and carefully woven it, which just showed the broad artistic conception of Chairman Mao's poems. The whole work has appropriate shades, clear levels, ups and downs between the lines, and echoes before and after, giving people a sense of unity. The works were sent to Beijing, the capital, and were well received by the party and state leaders. Now they are displayed in the west hall of Chairman Mao Memorial Hall.
in the 198s, Wang Jinshan carefully woven a screen of Shou Xingtu, a masterpiece of silk reeling with different colors, with a silver front pattern as the bottom, showing an old birthday girl holding a leading crutch. The birthday girl is wearing a crimson robe, smiling and amiable. On the upper right is a seal that imitates Ren Bonian, a great painter of the Qing Dynasty. The reverse pattern is based on gold, and there is a word "Shou" in dark black's seal script; On the upper left is a seal that imitates Wu Changshuo, a great painter of the Qing Dynasty. Under these two seals, there is a seal of Wang Jinshan. The works are novel in composition, exquisite in design and elegant in color, and all the viewers are amazed. The works are now in the China Arts and Crafts Treasures Museum. Also, under the guidance of China arts and crafts master Xu Shaoqing, the imitation copy of "Twelve Chapters of Tuanlong Fushou Ruyi" woven by silk-reeling artist Yu Jiarong, etc., is 1.36 meters long, with a waist circumference of 2.26 meters and cuffs of .6 meters. The pattern is mainly twelve dragons, and there are moiré, waves, Haizhu and gold ingots around it. The dragon body is woven with peacock thread, with 28 colors of yellow, blue, vermilion, green and brown. The gold thread consumes 12 taels of gold, and the weaving technology exceeds the original level. It is a rare and exquisite silk product. It won the Hundred Flowers Award Gold Cup Award of China Arts and Crafts in 1984 and is now on display in Dingling Museum. At the same time, it also innovated the screen of Peony and the double-sided embroidered work Panda and White Cat, which were elegant and beautiful, full of interest, exhibited at home and abroad, and attracted people from all walks of life.
The first three generations of Suzhou Wang's silk reeling were all craftsmen of the Qing court. The first generation of descendants Wang Jinding specialized in silk reeling such as court robes and gowns. The second generation of descendants Wang Xinding made the Eight Immortals' birthday robes and gowns for Empress Dowager Cixi. The third generation of descendants Wang Jinting's work "The Picture of Ma Gu's Birthday Offering" won the prize in Panama International Expo in 1915. In 26, Wang's silk reeling took three years to copy a "costume" of the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, 6, peacock hairs and 1, meters of gold thread imported from Japan were used to reproduce the elegance of the royal costume more than 4 years ago.