The Making of a Silk Flower

摘要

Although I have been around silk flowers my whole life (my parents started Pioneer Wholesale Co. three years before I was born), on a recent purchasing trip to China, I really got to see silk flowers for the first time. On this trip, we asked the owner of one of the silk-flower factories if we could tour his facility. We were honorecTto receive a long, detailed four, with many stops along the way so that we could take pictures of every step in the process. After taking the tour, I am absolutely in awe of what it takes to create even one artificial flower bush. I hope these photos and captions will help others to appreciate the skill, hard work, and attention to detail that go into making the artificial flowers we handle every day.