High quality handmade Silk Art looks alive because each artist creates it with a personal touch. These artists are masters of their craft. A machine cannot make decisions or infuse passion into its work. In comparison, machine-made embroidery looks dull and lifeless.
Each piece of handmade Silk Art is unique, even when using the same pattern; artists have the discretion to vary color and stitches. You will never find two completely identical pieces; every piece is one of a kind. Machine-made embroidery is just like a print, all the copies looks exactly the same, the color, the stitches, the final product are all exactly the same!

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Pure silk thread is used to make handmade Silk Art . Silk thread cannot be used in machines because it breaks too easily. King Silk Art uses silk thread that can be divided into 16 individual strands, impossible with a machine. The thinner the thread, the more detail and definition are possible, making higher quality and more valuable handmade Silk Art.

Embroidery machines must use thicker thread, commonly polyester, rayon, or metallic. Artificial thread looks and feels artificial. Machines can not use divided thread, so the thickness of the thread used in machines is also completely uniform, flattening the final image.

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The Meaning the Lotus Flower in Buddhism
According to Buddhism, every person has the potential to become perfect and enlightened, and it is just a matter of time until each human reaches the light. Buddhists believe that it’s necessary to be reborn thousands of times, polishing one’s being through many incarnations, until one reaches nirvana – the highest state of consciousness that humans can access.
So, the Buddha is sometimes depicted sitting on a Lotus flower, symbolizing the one who overcame the pain of that prevails in the material world and became enlightened, just like the Lotus flower which starts to grow in the dirty and muddy water but manages to surpass the water and produce a perfect flower. Many Hindu gods are depicted sitting or standing on a Lotus flower for the same reason.

百花之中，荷花仿佛格外的传奇。芙蓉出水时有 “出淤泥而不染” 的高贵圣洁，盛开时有 “亭亭玉立” 的优雅多姿，枯黄时有 “铮铮风骨” 的韵味，荷花的一生，古往今来好像都被赞美歌颂着。
夏日里的荷花，无疑是一道亮丽的风景。年轻的情侣喜欢轻抚它的容颜，孩子们喜欢它醉人可爱的模样，摄影爱好者喜欢它端庄美丽的姿态。转身秋季，至今我都难以忘怀夏天在南京的日子，玄武湖波澜壮阔的荷花，让人如痴如醉。
秋荷虽残，风韵犹在，世人的赞美也丝毫不减。残叶浸于水中的悲凉，枝干孤立地守望，仿佛时刻都能让人为之动容。古代诗人的赞不绝口，现代摄影师的爱不释舍，荷花从出生到枯亡，一生都在绽放，一生都被赞美。

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