Hand vs. machine embroidery: how to tell the difference?

The price of embroidered paintings ranges from a few dozen dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.

In addition to the age factor, the most essential difference is between hand embroidery and machine embroidery. The development of modern technology has made embroidery more popular, and machine embroidery can be mass-produced, with an absolute advantage in speed and price. So, how to distinguish between hand embroidery and machine embroidery? It mainly depends on the following three points:
Color
Handmade embroidery has a natural color transition, rich layers of intermediate colors, and a strong sense of three-dimensionality, which makes it look very real. While machine embroidery has limited color choices, the transition is not as flexible as handmade, and appears dull. For example, the embroidery effect of the flowers can clearly see the difference in the photo.
Hand Feeling
Hand embroidery is made of natural silk with a natural luster and a soft hand feel. The finished embroidery is very light. While machine embroidery is a silk ray made of chemical fiber material, which is smoother. Machine embroidery is pulled more tightly and can not use natural silk thread, the feel is more raw. A good example of this is the many patches sold on the market.
Stitches
Hand embroidery is manual embroidery, embroidery thread thickness is rich in variation, the stitch length varies. This can be seen by careful observation. While machine embroidery embroidery threads are neatly arranged in an orderly manner, the choice of embroidery thread thickness is limited, the distribution of stitches is very regular, controlled by a computer program, the stitches are long and even.

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