For many friends who like silver kettles, it is really addictive to buy silver kettles, and once they are used in the tea ceremony, they will not be able to find a flat substitute at all. The silver kettle ** of daily contact often ranges from a few hundred yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, and the silver kettle with filigree technology is even more valuable. Many pot lovers will have questions, the silver kettle is just a tea set for boiling water, why is it worth tens of thousands of dollars?
Whether the silver kettle of tens of thousands of pieces is a work of art or a practical utensil, whether it is worth it, the popular silver kettle circle of "auspicious Ruyi - gem-inlaid filigree silver kettle" can tell us the answer.
01 The original design of the system
The birth of the silver kettle is not just about knocking and beating, the silver kettle also needs the original design of the system. In addition to the beauty and practicality of the shape, a good silver kettle and ornamentation should also implement the cultural theme of unity and harmony.
The designer excavates the essence of traditional tea ware - the decoration that condenses the auspicious culture, adopts the palace technique filigree inlay, and integrates the traditional craftsmanship and modern aesthetic innovation to interpret, which is the design idea and beauty of this work, which cannot be imitated.
02 The difficulty of the process
The filigree in the silver pot is a square strip of silver of the appropriate thickness, drawn from a drawing board with forty or fifty eye holes arranged from thick to thin, the small one is thinner than a human hair, and the resulting single silk is called "plain silk", and the silver wire with a pattern made of two strands is called "filigree".
The silver kettle uses four kinds of slender filigree, and the top of the handle is filled with 023 mm filigree, flat fill at the top of the lid 0The 25 mm filament, the filament of the top layer of the flower and leaf of the pot body, is only 019 mm. The gradual change of the thickness of the filament, the cloud shoulder appears flexible but not rigid, full of three-dimensional layering.
03 Intricate ornamentation
The silver kettle is decorated with its own auspicious motif design. The craftsman borrowed from the popular Sihe Ruyi cloud shoulder decoration in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and "draped" the silver kettle with seven layers of Ruyi cloud shoulders.
The body of the pot is plain silver wire outlining the shape of the Ruyi cloud shoulder, the middle outlines the small Ruyi cloud pattern, the surrounding spread of endless entwined branches and curly grass patterns, the double-layer six-petal treasure phase flower is dotted directly below, above the small Ruyi cloud pattern, surrounded by five bats, and the lapis lazuli gemstone is dazzlingly inlaid above.
Seven layers of different filigree patterns are layered on top of each other, and each layer of fine filigree is hidden in auspiciousness, and the complex process highlights the gorgeous temperament of the silver kettle.
04 Ubiquitous auspicious cultural elements
The silver kettle is inlaid with four Chinese gemstones that combine pearlescent and auspicious, lapis lazuli symbolizes power and wealth, tourmaline means wealth, health and longevity, southern red agate has good luck and auspiciousness, and garnet represents light and victory, wealth and auspiciousness.
The silver kettle buried five auspicious codes. Ruyi cloud shoulder, may you be peaceful and wishful in the east, west, north and south, and the four directions;Elegant gemstones, may luck and auspiciousness bless you;Surrounded by five bats, send you five blessings and longevity;Treasure blossoms, I wish you flowers bloom rich, good things continue;Entwined branch ornamentation, may you be blessed for all generations, rich and long. It secretly caters to the cultural theme of "auspicious wishes".
05 Limited edition by the master
Filigree silver kettle by Chinese arts and crafts masters, filigree inlay number1 Wang Shuwen, Tianjin Arts and Crafts Master Chen Lei, together with the design and creation. Because of the time required, a limited edition of 198 pieces was released.
In the past, the honor witnessed the ingenuity of the filigree silver kettle: from 10,000 pieces of works stood out and was selected for the China Good Craft Exhibition, collected and displayed by the China Arts and Crafts Museum, and won the gold medal of the China Arts and Crafts TOP Award [Hundred Flowers Cup].
The silver kettle that can reach the collection level must be a breakthrough in the conventional creation of a new design style of the silver kettle, in the process of fine workmanship, with the industry's generally recognized recognition and craftsmanship, which is rare in the silver kettle circle, auspicious Ruyi - gem-inlaid filigree silver kettle, is the love of silver kettle lovers.