Process
To produce hair embroidery, three steps must be taken. First, the long hair of a young girl is collected, washed and dyed different colors using chemical treatments. Finally, the colored hair is used as thread to embroider a woven textile. The cloth may be dyed or undyed linen, cotton, wool, or luxurious silk.
It takes more painstaking efforts to complete a piece of hair embroidery since the skills required are much more meticulous and precise than in other kinds of embroidery. Since hair is a special material, the finished product will have a strong sense of vividness and reality, and the colors will not fade.
Genre
Hair embroidery generally falls into two categories: monochrome hair-embroidery and colored hair-embroidery. Unlike monochrome hair embroidery, where human hair of the same color is used, colored hair embroidery incorporates hair of different natural colors collected from people of different races. In this way, the product is fine, with a subtle variation in color. In addition, it is also richer in gradation and more flexible in terms of skill than monochrome hair embroidery, making the pictures more vivid.
This embroidery technique produces various designs, including different kinds of plants, living creatures, landscape paintings and historical figures. Many of them have symbolic connotations. For example, cranes, pines and peaches symbolize longevity; hats are for happiness; and five-clawed dragons for imperial rank.
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