"We must make intangible cultural heritage come alive, and don't let skills become memories. "Today, we would like to introduce you to Ye Weina, the representative inheritor of Shanghai's intangible cultural heritage, Shanghai silk embroidery, and Jiang Wenkui, the inheritor of the Shanghai silk embroidery project, the intangible cultural heritage of Changning District.
Shanghai silk embroidery inheritors - Ye Weina, Jiang Wenkui
On the basis of inheriting the traditional stitching methods of the four famous embroidery of Suzhou, Hunan, Shu and Guangdong, Shanghai silk embroidery integrates the painting art of fine brush painting, ink painting, freehand painting, oil painting, etc., and further innovates in the stitching method, changing the shackles of traditional embroidery based on embroidery and landscape.
Based on famous paintings at home and abroad, Ye Weina deliberately pursues the brushwork of the original, and enhances the texture and artistic conception of the original by piercing the colorful silk threads of silk satin. She is not only the representative inheritor of Shanghai's intangible cultural heritage, but also one of the top ten outstanding craft design artists in China in 2013 by the China Arts and Crafts Society.
Jiang Wenkui is the inheritor of the Shanghai Silk Embroidery Project, an intangible cultural heritage of Changning District, and has been studying silk embroidery with Ye Weina for 14 years. From the beginning, he was deeply shocked, not seeking things outside his body, so simple to simple, dedicated to the art of silk embroidery.
Like Ye Weina, Jiang Wenkui is obsessed with the art of painting and embroidery, and he is secretly determined to continue the life of silk embroidery art. Jiang Wenkui said that as a new generation of inheritors, he will also actively seek innovative breakthroughs on this basis.
Written by: Zhu Mei
Editor: Cheng Qian
Editor-in-charge: Gao Qin
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