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King Silk Art makes silk embroidery wall art, 100% hand-stitched by Master Artists in Suzhou, China. Our artwork, Susho, is completely natural, created with tiny needles and pure silk thread. Susho is a 2500 year old family tradition, with a unique and fascinating history.

Japanese cranes are among the largest and rarest cranes in the world. Also known as red-crowned cranes or emperor cranes, they are a symbol of luck, longevity and fidelity.

In the Chinese myths, cranes lead extraordinarily long lives and Japanese Cranes are especially immortal in this regard. These red headed birds are extremely rare and believed to bring a long life and good health to anyone who is lucky enough to spot one.

In Chinese symbology, the number eight represents wealth, prosperity and good fortune. Eight cranes in a group are frequent subjects for Chinese artists. In Chinese culture, the number nine is the luckiest of numbers, the king of the single digits and the favorite number of the Emperor. Nine represents the best of everything, the royalty of numbers, eternity.

Combinations of eight and one are the nines of the common people. Today, in China, eights and ones are favored for addresses, telephone numbers, license plates, anything with numbers. Nine and nine add up to eighteen, and nine multiplied by itself is eighty-one.

Centuries ago, when Susho began to evolve from home furnishing and clothing, the Emperor and his court wanted wall art to decorate their palaces. The aristocrats favored natural scenes, wanting to capture the detail and texture of flora and fauna. Susho artists learned to please the taste of the elites, by making natural scenes as realistic as possible.

Symbolically, the images were meant to permanently capture the essences and benefits of the subjects.