Handmade Chanhua Mini Christmas Tree | Red and Green Silk Flowers on a Wooden Base

A handmade Chanhua silk Christmas tree, small enough for a desk.

Chanhua (缠花) is a Chinese folk craft: dyed silk floss is wound, strand by strand, over a paper-and-wire frame until a flat thread becomes a three-dimensional petal. It is closer to sculpture than to embroidery — there is no needle, and nothing is stitched.

This tree is built from red and green silk flowers set on a solid wooden base. Each flower is wound individually, then assembled and shaped to sit together as one tree. That is why a 12 cm piece takes about three hours of work rather than minutes on a machine.

Made by a heritage inheritor. Every tree is made by Hong (红), a Chanhua and Ronghua maker in our studio in Guang'an, Sichuan.

Where it works

• Desk or home office — small enough to sit beside a laptop and still read as a Christmas tree
• Dining table — a centerpiece between candles, or one per place setting
• Shelf or windowsill — fills a gap a full-size tree cannot reach
• Secret Santa and office gifts — it arrives in a gift box, so it needs no extra wrapping

What you receive

One finished Chanhua silk mini Christmas tree, 12 cm tall, on a wooden base 6 cm in diameter, presented in a gift box and ready to give.

Good to know

• Height: 12 cm; wooden base 6 cm across
• Materials: dyed silk floss wound over wire, on a solid wooden base
• Craft time: about 3 hours per tree
• Maker: Hong (红), Chanhua and Ronghua maker
• Care: dust with a dry cloth; keep out of direct sunlight and away from damp
• Shipping: packed in a gift box and shipped with tracking