Filigree inlaid called "fine gold process." In fact, combined with "filaments" and "mosaic" two kinds of production techniques. Filaments selection of gold, silver, copper raw materials, pinch, fill, save, welding, weaving, and other conventional piling techniques. Inlaid with setback, SOU, hammer, nausea, playing, collapse, extrusion, and other techniques insert, made of sheet metal tray-shaped grooves and claws, and then set with pearls, gemstones. Silk mosaics have been as early embryonic form in the spring and autumn, in the Ming Dynasty reached high artistic level, with greater development of the Qing Dynasty, famous continue to emerge, many became court tribute.

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Mosaic filaments comprising two processes: filament material is made of gold, silver, pulling into filaments, so as to compile type; i.e., the mosaic of various decorative stones in pearls on silk flowers. The whole process is very complicated, first manufactured tire to molding; reuse stack base, knitting, weaving methods, the filaments forming, welding them; After further biting acid (pickling) bluing silver or gold, bright mention . This is another "treasure inlay" (pearls and precious stones) on semi-finished products, semi-finished products. Often have "Kingfisher", not embellishment emerald, but the green kingfisher flashing in blue feathers attached to the blank spots filaments (relics market to sell old jewelry, turquoise blue top, touched, often fall to the wire, that is, kingfisher feathers).

filigree inlaid development process

Silk mosaics have been as early embryonic form in the spring and autumn, in the Ming Dynasty reached high artistic level, with greater development of the Qing Dynasty, famous continue to emerge, many became court tribute. Filaments mosaic is a traditional court art, the process is complicated and cumbersome process to substantially pinch points, fill, save, welding, stack, barrier, weaving, knitting eight kinds. Its superb, sleek, variety, with significant ethnic Chinese characteristics and style, embody the wisdom and artistic creativity of the Chinese nation. Because the court set up a handicraft workshop and factory hand, focused on the craftsmen of the country, the north and south filigree mosaic production techniques to exchange and integration of long arts and crafts of ethnic minorities, has become an important part of the palace of art. Filigree inlaid works on behalf of Golden Delicious Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty Ca Mau Everlasting Cup, a silver six-party peach bonsai pots of gold, gold inlay jewelry towards the crown, modern jewelry Temple of Heaven, Chinese dragons century.

Beijing filigree inlaid with the most refined. Beijing Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties Royal Park, home builders focus on metalworking technology, a large number of emperor harem woman decorations required, a luxury very poor, so the old Beijing Dashanlan, Flower Market and East Fourth West four arches, there are over one hundred silver gold shop floor, production of such filigree inlaid. Filigree inlaid two purposes, divide it supplies, "the piece live"; furnishings, the name "ornaments." Actual supplies, hand mirror, and a variety of flowers into the box, bottle, cylinder and so on, its compact design; the same species, has a different style, can be made into flowers, goldfish, mandarin ducks, swans and other shapes. Become the main vessel to be decorated or deformed shape, such as swans head, wings, to the composition of filaments, and jeweled crown and eyes. Filigree inlaid ornaments, divided into the four traditional categories: the furnace smoked, animals, buildings and people. The building pagoda class, the species barrier compiled with filaments, overhead tiles made with precious stones, ivory plaques, plated with copper bells, with filaments base Bao Moyu bricks. Always show the delicate filigree craft artisans. Filigree inlaid into the twenty-first century, there have been greater innovation, such as gold, K gold, silver, jade combined with a more brilliant gorgeous, and more to show the idea of ​​Kit Kat.

In the production of gold and silver was engraved Flower based appliance, the silver sheet before striking with a hammer-shaped generator, and then a punch chisel engraved pattern, the upper stone bowl surrounded by filaments, embedded into various gem, or several gem conjugated linking up with the metallic vessel is made. Beijing Ming-ho filaments embedded process heap, barrier, weaving, knitting, pinch, filling, inlay, chisel and other techniques have taste everything, especially the high heaps of weaving and the use of technical difficulty Pat is very skillful. To the Qing Dynasty with increasing social needs, industry towards specialization of production, divided into implementation, mosaic work; chisel work, as bluing, for Kingfisher, with gold for more than a dozen small industries. After the Revolution, the palace scattered folk arts, shop, jewelry store have opened, according to statistics up to more than a hundred, filigree inlaid industry is very prosperous. Beijing filigree inlaid general classification utensils, architectural style, animal modeling, character modeling, in addition to a variety of jewelry. Such as the Forbidden City turret, Nine Dragon Wall, bottles, smoked, Lion, Dragon, "Magu Xian Shou", ear clamp, collar pin, cuff links, rings, bracelets, necklaces and so on.

production of materials and processes

Since the mosaic filaments made entirely metallic, it is also referred to as "fine metal process." Consists of a root filaments to become a complete filigree inlaid works, to rely on the heap, barrier, knitting, weaving, pinch, fill in, save, eight welding process, and each process segment it is ever-changing. Solely on the cumbersome process in terms of degree, filigree inlaid in the forefront in Yanjing Eight absolutely. It is because of its rare material, complicated process, but has always been the history of the Royal Queen thing. If the essence of filaments embedded in filaments, then later you can play the magical mosaic painted dragon point clear of.

The most common way is to package orgy mosaic inlay, also called a package insert mouth. Stone bowls production, jargon is called "circle stone bowl" is the highlight. It must first be compressed into a suitable copper thickness, and this degree of full With experience in the hands of chefs. The good pressure cut strips of copper for Okuma edges into the bowl. Each stone shape is different, so the corresponding stone bowl shape is also different. Wan Yan children and children bowl bottom is welded together and then welded to the work. Not difficult stone inlay. The stone stone into the bowl, and push the edge of the bowl is pressed against the intermediate rock, stone fixed on it. Jargon is called "buckle orgy." This time we see the importance of a stone bowl, big entrance, a small inlay is not strong. Stone bowl made of experienced workers, will be right on the stone surround. Package insert commonly used for ordinary stone edges, small precious stones like diamonds, rubies and other stones, if put into the bowl will lose its original charm, then you need to insert the traditional shovel nail a child. Shovel nail children insert is directly embedded in the stone work, so they need to fight Yaner. You must first choose the drill according to the size of the gem. But, after all, and not exactly the same size stone drill, so also the final repaired milling cutter after drilling. Filaments bone, decorated with inlaid work. Filigree inlaid with each other, the common interpretation of "Yanjing Eight absolutely" subtlety.

Is the basis of filigree inlaid filaments. Flower Sila system before, to silver bullion on the rolling machine pressed repeatedly, until a suitable thickness of the strip after the party, to begin formal drawing. Hand drawing is inherited hundreds of years of tradition, also known as Roberts. Drawing plate is a dedicated drawing tool, arranged above forty or fifty eyelets of different diameters from coarse to fine. General eyelet made diamond and alloy, the smallest-fine hair. The crude fine strands in the process, must be large to small through each eyelet in turn, can not be skipped. Sometimes you need to go through a dozen times to get the desired drawing of the filaments. Initially drawn silver surface roughness, to make a great effort, after a few times before pulling gradually become smooth.

Mosaic filaments can be divided into two categories, i.e., filaments and mosaic process. Filaments inch in the decorating sheet, produced with a variety of different silver pinch patterns, process filaments with different types of grain silver or copper, made from processed. The jewelery insert is emerald diamond, set in the fine gold and silver jewelry Shi Meiyu, then a combination of gold and silver, crystal, glass and other white and color together, embedded into the hook, pots, bottles, lamps, and other artifacts axles. Mosaic inlay good living requirements, set flat, set Qiao, the same is a gem, jade, placed in different angles, it will directly affect the appearance of pretty or not, can lead to disparities in price. Early mostly "hold inserts." Jewelry tire using bottom "on gold" formula, whichever is hard, made of stone surface to hold the pawl. After the diamond gravel Xing, hold the insert can not do, will be replaced by the use of platinum (Pt) chisel squeeze inlay solid, called "squeeze inserts." To the Ming Dynasty silver production for the Bureau of Golden Delicious, Coronet, and all kinds of jewelry, we have reached a very high artistic level. 1772 in Jiangxi Nancheng Ming Yi Hu Penang Pearl couple tomb, excavated a pair of silver Bureau made the Ming Chai Golden Phoenix, Phoenix 10.5 cm high, 12.5 cm Chai feet high, weighs 2 two 2 money. Jinfeng hairpin are with thickness ranging from money, gold wound. Jinfeng toes strong grasp of a cloud, is woven with thickness ranging from gold. Protruding from the clouds hairpin full, vivid style, technique slender beauty, showing the level of gold and silver process early next year. Woven with gold fine artist Ming Dynasty Emperor Wanli into Golden Delicious, high 24 cm, crown thin body veil, uniform gap, dragons playing with a pearl Golden Delicious upper end of the pattern, pay attention to shape, called a masterpiece generation, which is now on display replica in Beijing Ming Tomb of the exhibition room.