The Discovery Of Innovative Application Of Dazi Embroidery For Fabric Wall Hanging Tapestries

Dazi embroidery, also called Huanzi embroidery or Jiezi embroidery, is a embroidery technique that people knitting wool around the pin and make it into a knot. In Dazi embroidery, one stitch is one knot. That is why people call it Dazi embroidery and it is derived from lockstitch. Dazi embroidery was first discovered in Tomb of Nuoyinwula in Mongolia in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is probably the only record of Dazi embroidery in history.Nowadays people still use the traditional embroidery techniques for fabric wall hanging tapestries. Therefore there is almost no innovation in the expression form of the fabric wall hanging tapestries. However this becomes obstacle to the development of fabric wall hanging tapestries as now there are diversified fabric art expression forms and a wide range aesthetic. As interior soft decoration, it is inevitable that the artistic expression form will move to multi dimensions from traditionally two dimensions.By studying the developmental patterns of Luanzhen embroidery, we find new applications of Dazi embroidery for fabric wall hanging tapestries. Luanzhen embroidery, as the name suggests, means that its expression form is rich and flexible. Rich also means inclusive. It is the feature of modern fabric art. So what embroidery techniques does Luanzhen embroidery include? Because of the inclusiveness of Luanzhen embroidery, nowadays Dazi embroidery is no longer only knot and needle. Dazi embroidery has developed many new stitch techniques by learning from the stitch techniques of other types of embroidery and the artistic expression forms of other "non-embroidery" art. The expression form of Dazi embroidery moves from multi dimensions from two dimensions. Therefore people can creatively use other stitch techniques in Dazi embroidery, try different material and use the expression forms of fabric art in the Luanzhen embroidery. Due to the diversification of expression forms, the fabric wall hanging tapestries made of Dazi embroidery is not only the imitation of western paintings, but also the medium for artists to express their thoughts about themselves, the society and the nature. The discovery of innovative application of Dazi embroidery for fabric wall hanging tapestries is the first step towards a new space for development.