Art Value and Silk Art Value

Silk embroidery is like painting with needles and silk threads. They are subjects of great beauty and Chinese historical importance, providing an important cultural link with the past. Because silk embroidery is also involved with very much complicated handcrafted work, they do have great monetary and emotional value.


Collectors purchase silk art work because they want to decorate their homes, or feel the enthusiasm of collecting. Different things have different values. It is rare that values stay exactly the same. Art value is the experience we have while interacting with the work of art. The true and lasting value of art is in the eye and experience of the viewer, and is based on what artists put into it and what the viewers take away from it.
The price of a piece of silk art will increase over time because of the law of supply and demand. In China, girls used to begin to learn needlework at the age of five or six, but fewer and fewer girls get into this traditional industry now, less and less silk embroidery pieces are made, some of the pieces have vanished because the embroiderer might retire or pass away or the industry may discontinue some of the original art work. With the ever-increasing labor cost in hand embroidering and carving, as well as material costs, prices for the same design will be almost certainly are higher. So, silk embroidery art pieces are not only beautiful to look at and also highly valuable for collections. They bring much pleasure to people's lives, too.

Silk art that speaks to you, that stimulates you, that touches you, that makes you peaceful, comfortable or arrests you - this entire art piece will have great value for you, value that is beyond the price. It is based upon contingent connections between the art works and sentiments. Your silk art collection should be an investment in your personal pleasure and growth, a valuable legacy and source of inspiration for future generations.