Shanghai silk flower

There are six main processes in silk flower: first, raw material sizing. Most raw materials in silk flower are made of real silk, which is generally soft and difficult to fall off, and the petals are prone to raw edges, so it is necessary to size them. In the past, mung bean powder was used as the slurry, which was cut by hand, so its output was low, which was not suitable for running water production and depended on the weather. Now it is scraped by machinery and dried by steam. The second blanking, according to the designed petal shape, uses a tapping knife and a blanking machine to replace the manual tapping of petals with a heavy wooden hammer in the past. The third dyeing is an important part of the production process. In order to meet the special requirements of changeable colors, convenient color registration and small batch production, the cold dyeing method with alcohol as penetrating agent is generally adopted, according to the scientific ratio of water, penetrating agent and dye. And that color card is use as the color standard, instead of the visual inspection method based on experience in the past. The fourth shape, in the past, petals were held, ironed, twisted and pulled by hand, but now molds and mechanical stamping have been used to make the veins of petals clear and improve quality. Fifth, shaping, the petals after modeling contain a certain amount of water, which makes them wet and soft, and should be dried and shaped, which is related to the fidelity of the overall image of flowers. Now the electric oven replaces the original fire (coal) oven for drying. Finally, the assembly is generally divided into three steps, namely: sticking flowers, sticking shaped petals into flowers as they are; Mosaic, using leather paper to sequentially mosaic flowers, leaves, branches and stems into a complete silk flower finished product; Finally, packaging and putting into a box. The products are bright in color, bright and harmonious, reasonable in structure, full in appearance, soft in lines, both true and beautiful, and highly artistic and appreciative.
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