The Development Of Cloud-shoulder And Its Application In Jewelry Design

As an important part of garment accessories,cloud-shoulder has always been a unique existence,at the peak of cloud shoulder,it even became a status symbol and ceremonial dress worn on important occasions,and it has unique research value.Through the research on the development of cloud shoulder,this paper aims to provide basis for the use of cloud shoulder on jewelry design,and to provide a steady stream of traditional culture soul for the modern jewelry design.It's pattern,color,material,shape and other factors that constitute the beautiful cloud-shoulder,and each element contains the Oriental culture.It's mainly divided into four stages in the process of the development of cloudshoulder.(1)It originated from the shoulder garment accessories of northern minorities in the Qin and Han dynasties,and the inspiration comes from worship of the heaven.It's on shoulder which symbolizes the wings,and it's national dress costumes worn by the aristocracy.(2)During the large-scale merging of ethnic of Song,Jin and Yuan,cloud shoulder came to public view from ethnic minorities and become a costume worn by Chinese women of ethnic Han.It embodies the absorb of foreign culture of Chinese culture,and gradually formed the basic shape and modelling of cloud-shoulder,which laid the gift clothing status of cloud-shoulder.(3)It came to the golden age for Cloud-shoulder during Ming and Qing dynasties,when it was classified into clothing system.It's exquisite,and worn by people widely.Its wear requirements was rigorous,and it became the necessities of wedding dress.(4)Cloud-shoulder began to decline in the late Qing dynasty,and evolved into a pattern of finery,and disappeared gradually in the modern.It needs to inherit and innovate constantly for the use of cloud-shoulder on jewelry design.The following several aspects can be used in jewelry design:(1)The pattern of cloud-shoulder contains profound humanistic spirit,and the subject includes plants,trees,people,fairy tales,symbols,etc.These elements could be traced back and used to express feelings and to enrich the connotation of jewelry design.(2)The shape ofcloud-shoulder is often with a moral,every different form of cloudshoulder contains different blessings and desire,and it's the carrier of traditional culture.Finding inspiration from the shape can strengthen the Oriental flavor of the design and reflect national characteristics.(3)The color collocation of cloud-shoulder inherits the Chinese traditional color view,and different places has different color preferences.These color collocation method can be applied in jewelry design and make our works full of traditional style.(4)In jewelry design,cloud-shoulder provides a new train of thought,and jewelry design can absorb traditional embroidery patterns,traditional color concept and be combined with a dress,which can make the design more diversified.