Su embroidery helps figure skaters perform ink landscape painting on ice

On February 7, on the third day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the figure skating team competition also started the competition for the finals. In the morning, the final pairs free skating of the figure skating team competition, Chinese players Peng Cheng and Jin Yang were the last to appear, performing the “Night Banquet” suite, showing a beautiful ink landscape painting.

In this competition, the clothing worn by Peng Cheng was inspired by ink landscape elements. It used traditional tie-dye technology to reflect the feeling of ink gradient, and incorporated the intangible cultural heritage – Su embroidery for decoration. If you look carefully, you can see Suzhou embroidered peonies blooming poetically on the competition clothes. The costume adopts flat stitch, loose set stitch, cross stitch, silk thread and silver thread, from thick to thin, from dark to light, it is very delicate and complements the songs and dances. The Suzhou embroidery elements on this competition uniform came from the team of Yao Qinhua Embroidery Art Museum in Zhenhu Street.

In 2020, the Yao Qinhua Embroidery Art Museum team was entrusted by the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology to assist the project team in researching figure skating competition uniforms.

The design of figure skating uniforms must not only be familiar with the dances and music styles of the competition, but also take into account the athletes’ body shape, personality, preferences, aesthetics, etc. It is usually designed, collided, and fit together. The pair participating in this project The team is also full of challenges and unknowns.

Yao Qinhua introduced that Su embroidery is used to decorate competition uniforms. The finished product should not only ensure that athletes can move widely, but also enhance artistic expression. Competition clothing is made of high elasticity, and many are mesh, which greatly increases the difficulty and time of embroidery. For two years from 2020 to 2021, Yao Qinhua’s embroidery art team made a lot of innovations, tried different stitches and silk threads, and overcame difficulties one after another, providing guarantee for the national ice and snow team to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

In the interview before the game, Peng Cheng was very satisfied with her Chinese-style competition uniform. She said: “The pattern is based on our country’s intangible cultural heritage. The Su embroidery is purely hand-designed and embroidered. It’s very special.” Exquisite.”

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