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    <title>PANDA SHU BROCADE</title>
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    <description>When I was in Chengdu this winter adopting my baby Panda , Bao Shi, one of the places I had on my list as a MUST SEE was the Shu Brocade studios in the city of Chengdu.  I spent over 3 hours there and came away with just as many of the large 5 foot long brocade scrolls as you see below.  Each one of a kind and a unique piece of art and a slice of an almost extinct Chinese artform.

The embroidery masters must apprentice for a minimum of 10 years to be able to reach the status of “master”,   It takes 2 masters to control the warp and weft on each loom.  Some of the looms were were told are well over 100 years old!

The photos simply cannot do this piece justice.  There is so much texture and to think this is 100% silk!!!  It just boggles the mind.

The winner of this stunning piece of art can either hang the scroll as is which is so elegant, or as we saw at the brocade studios, they would actually cut the image with some border from the scroll and frame them for sale.  The scrolls sold best to travelers through Chengdu for their ease of portablility.....but really I personally loved to see them professionally framed.

I hope you enjoy the images.  If you have any questions I will be at the auction for Tai’s big 3rd birthday bash to fill you in on any more details.  This is a collector quality piece of art that will be with your family for generations to come and increase in value with each passing year.
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 Here is the embroidery hanging from a hook on my tree yesterday.  It’s the first this beauty has come out of the presentation box (shown below) since I returned from China.  Oh what a gorgeous thing this is!!!   All 5 feet x 22” of it!!</title>
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A closer view shows 5 pandas playing on an old tree...so much like the scene I witnessed at the panda base!  I fell in love with this piece the minute I saw it!.  If the winner chooses to frame this piece , it kind of gives you an idea how it looks without all the extra silk on the scroll</title>
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Look at this detail.  The brocade is filled with highs and lows providing all sorts of wonderful texture.  The light when it hits the design does some incredible dancing on the fur!</title>
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      <title>Here we are in the studio watching the masters at work.  One sits above working the warp using foot pedals to control the tension.

The artisan below (bottom right) is doing the actually weaving with shuttles of fine silk called the “weft”.  This is almost a lost artform and it originated in Chengdu.  This is the only place
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This master weaver is setting up a loom for the next project.  The guide said these looms can sometimes take up to a month to prepare for weaving !!!  Such meticuould work</title>
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These are some of the bobbins one of the weavers was winding onto a shuttle which delivers the thread through the warp.  So  many vivid rich colors!!

Later I will post an album on how the silk is made...adding yet another level of complication and dimension to the weaving process</title>
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This image may take a moment to wrap your brain around.  What you see below in blue is  a panda brocade in the process of being woven.  This is an image in a MIRROR which is placed below the actual weaving (above in black red and white)

The mirror image is the right side of the fabric.  The upper right is the backside.  The mirror is the ONLY way the weaver can check  his/her work for accuracy</title>
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      <title>Now here is the reverse to give you a better perspective.  The backside (actual fabric) is is focus while the mirror image is out of focus.

BTW ..the only reference the weaver has for a pattern is a piece of paper tacked to the loom with a picture or drawing on it.  Seriously..this is all done by “eye”

This design is a custom piece being done for a client</title>
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This image shows pretty much the extent of the weaving operation.  There are an equal number of looms to the back side of the ones you see.  I so hope this artform is well protected and hope young apprentices realize the treasure they hold in their grasp.</title>
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The weaver up on top of the loom controlling the pedals</title>
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Here are the shuttles after loading them with the bobbins you saw earlier.  All these steps are HAND DONE.. No machines winding silk thread on anything</title>
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Here is the MASTER WEAVER who created the design I’m offering for the 
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Oooooooooooh’s and Ahhhhhhhhhh’s were all that needed to be said!</title>
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Here is his signature on the actual auction embroidery which was 
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