My system is not decent

Chapter 1271
Not to mention wire drawing and filigree, silk filling is also called flat filling, commonly known as filigree filling, which is to fill the finished filigree pattern into the prescribed pattern.

Filigree filling is the most monotonous and time-consuming process in filigree inlay craftsmanship.

Welding is the process of putting the finished patterns together to form a complete jewelry through welding.

The Zan process of filigree inlay is to assemble parts together called Zan.

There is also stacking, which is the method of stacking charcoal ash. The code wire is evenly wound on the charcoal ash shape, and then various shapes are built, and the powder is sieved with a small sieve and welded.

The last is weaving, which is the same as straw weaving and bamboo weaving, except that gold and silver weaving are more difficult, which requires experienced craftsmen to weave evenly.

The whole filigree mosaic technology can be divided into two categories, namely filigree technology and mosaic technology.

The filigree is on the square-inch plaque, and various patterns are cut out with silver wire.

Filigree craft crystal is made of different types of gold, silver or copper wires after processing.

Inlaying is to inlay jewels, diamonds, fine stones and jade on gold and silver ornaments, and then combine gold and silver, crystal, white jade and colored glaze, and inlay them on hooks, pots, bottles, lamps, axles and other utensils.

The work of inlaying requires good inlay, flat inlay and pretty inlay.

For the same piece of gemstone or emerald, different placement angles will directly affect the beauty of the appearance, which may lead to a huge disparity in price.

In the early years, it was mostly "embracing inlays". The bottom tire of the jewelry adopts the "Kaijin" formula, whichever is hard, and is made into claws to hug the stone surface.

In the future, when diamonds become more and more popular, but the setting is not suitable, it will be replaced by platinum (platinum) chiseling and setting, which is called "squeeze setting".

The gold crowns, phoenix crowns and various jewelry produced by the Silver Work Bureau of the Ming Dynasty have reached a very high artistic level.

In fact, there were metal jewelry as early as the Shang Dynasty, such as the golden rod, golden ear pan, and golden arm bracelets from the Liujiahe merchant tomb in Pinggu, the capital of the gods, in 1997.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, gold and silver interlacing techniques were gradually applied to jewelry, mainly on belt hooks.

The filigree inlay technique was prevalent in the court, and was used on some decorations and ritual vessels.

Unearthed from the tomb of Liu Chang, King Mu of Zhongshan in the Eastern Han Dynasty in Dingzhou, there are two pieces of gold thread to ward off evil spirits. They hold their heads up to the sky, have a majestic posture, and their bodies are made of gold sheets.

Wings and stripes are made of gold silk, and the whole body is decorated with turquoise and ruby.

The horns and tails are wrapped with thick and thin gold wires, which are exquisitely made and vivid.

In addition, there are filigree golden sheep and filigree golden dragons.

There are also some other masterpieces, such as the tomb crown decoration of Princess Li Ji in the Tang Dynasty, and the peony chi tiger gold hairpin in the Yuan Dynasty.

Gold and silver fine workmanship had developed greatly by the time of the Six Dynasties.

Filigree jewelry was popular in the Western Jin Dynasty, "Golden Lion", "Golden Hairpin" and "Golden Leaf".

This is made of gold and silver filaments, coiled into various flower-shaped patterns, delicate and exquisite, marking the achievement of filigree craftsmanship in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, filigree techniques have been more widely used in women's bun styles and jewelry.

A golden flower ornament unearthed in Chang'an is a typical representative.

This ornament is extremely exquisite in craftsmanship. The outer layer is composed of 8 small flowers forming a diamond shape, and a group of protruding flowers in the middle stands with a small bird.

The flowers are knotted with very fine gold wire and inlaid with small pieces of emerald jade. They are small and exquisite. They are excellent works of filigree jewelry in the Tang Dynasty.

A group of gold and silver products unearthed from the tomb of the Northern Song Dynasty in Mushan, Nandu, among them a gold ornament in the shape of a chicken heart, which is very classic.

It is made by hollowing out, chisel carving, filigree and other techniques, which fully demonstrates the superb skills of Song Dynasty craftsmanship.

Among the gold ornaments of the Yuan Dynasty unearthed in Qusi Village, Xishan in 1988, several pieces of gold ornaments, such as double-flying butterfly hairpins, twig-twisted arabesque pattern earrings, and golden flower buds, all made full use of the traditional fine filigree techniques of pinching, saving, and filling. , welding, stacking, base, weaving, weaving and other techniques.

It can be seen from these pieces of gold ornaments that they are skilled and exquisite in craftsmanship, and it can also be seen that the filigree craftsmanship has been quite mature so far.

In the Ming Dynasty, the golden crowns, phoenix crowns and various jewelry made by Shendu Silver Works Bureau reached a very high artistic level.

In the Ming Dynasty, gold, silver and jewelry were used to make decorations and living utensils, and the amount was astonishingly large.

The craftsmanship is even more superb, and the production is meticulous.

It can be said to be the culmination of traditional filigree, carving, chisel carving and inlay techniques.

There are many luxurious and exquisite varieties, such as golden crowns and phoenix crowns woven with gold silk, and hundreds of golden flowers inlaid with jade have been unearthed in Dingling alone.

The "Golden Silk Crown of King Yizhuang" and the "Golden Silk Pavilion Weaving Flower Headdress" unearthed in Southwest South City are all representative of them.

The theme of jewelry in the Ming Dynasty mainly inherited the secular style of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, with dragons and phoenixes, flowers and birds, insects, and religion as the main themes.

The difference is that all shapes are composed of gemstones as the main body, and are made by filigree inlaid gemstone technology.

The typical utensils preserved today include the gold flower tin inlaid with gemstones from the Ming Dynasty and a pair of phoenix-shaped gold hairpins from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

These jewelry can all show the craftsmanship of the craftsman, how brilliant it is.

Of course, the best representative work must still be produced in the palace.

For example, artists in the Ming Dynasty used extremely fine gold wire to weave the Wanli Emperor's golden silk winged crown.

It is 24 cm high, the crown body is as thin as a gauze, and the gap is even
On the upper end of the golden crown is a pattern of dragons playing with pearls, which is exquisite in shape and can be called a masterpiece of a generation.

Golden Wing Shanguan consists of three parts: the front room, the back mountain and the wings.

518, 334, and 70 gold wires with a diameter of 0.2mm are used to weave.

The golden crown is light and transparent as a whole, and the gold thread is evenly woven without obvious knots. The two golden dragons are piled up by gold filigree and attached to the back mountain, vivid and mighty.

There is no weak place in the welding place, which reflects the advanced welding skills of the producers at that time.

What we see now is actually a replica, which is the one displayed in the exhibition room of Dingling.

The phoenix crowns of Empress Xiaoduan and Xiaojing unearthed from Ming Ding Mausoleum are not only rare treasures with filigree inlays, but also large objects inlaid with filigree.

The gold hairpins worn by the two concubines show a wide range of themes on the top of the hairpins.

Including flowers, butterflies, birds, dragons and phoenixes, geometric patterns, auspicious patterns, text, etc.

A total of more than [-] pieces of jewelry and gold and silver products were unearthed in Dingling, including hairpins, crowns, belt ornaments, buckles, and various utensils.

Its production techniques generally include: filigree technique, chiseled flower technique, inlay and tire making "and other techniques.

The filigree process is to use gold wire to form patterns and weld them on ornaments.

The chisel flower craft is to carve patterns on the utensils with chisel lines.

There is nothing to say about inlaying and tire making. It is the process of making gold and silver sheets into various shapes with special tools.

These utensils are seldom made with only one craft, but often with two or more crafts.

One of them is used as a foil or as an embellishment to achieve a more perfect artistic effect.

Technically, these jewels are rarely made using a single craft.

They often use two or more processes, and one of the processes or foil.

(End of this chapter)