Kyrgyz Felt Carpets

Traditional embroidery techniques and contemporary designs from womens co operative based on shores of high altitude lake issyk kyl in the tien shan mountains.

Kyrgyz felt carpets. Pay with paypal or credit card. The making of kyrgyz felt carpets is inseparably linked to the everyday life of nomads who used felt carpets to warm and decorate their homes. Shyrdak is one of the most complicated felt products in terms of technology. This installment looks at the process of making the carpet.

Knowledge skills diversity the semantics of ornamentation and the ceremonies of creating carpets are all important cultural components providing kyrgyz people with a sense of identity and continuity. Shyrdak comes from the word shyryk which means stitching this is one of the main processes in this carpet manufacturing. Amman aimeerim shares that son kol the kyrgyz heaven was the first thing that popped up when brainstorming. Traditional kyrgyz antler and wave patterns.

Kyrgyz felt carpets manufacturing is an integral part of the nomads everyday life that have been used for house warming and decoration. All our available products are listed on etsy most products are hand dyed and felted. 100 wool hand dyed fair trade makes ideal christmas presents and luxury items for the home. Please call 406 855 1444 for international purchase rates.

Creation of felt carpets demands unity among the community and fosters the transmission of traditional knowledge as a rule by older women who are normally concentrated in rural and mountainous areas. Part 1 provided background information on kyrgyz felting and patterns. Colors may vary slightly from pictures. In an interview with rossana a.

This article written b y lilya kas yanova and penelope price was first published in the september 2014 edition of embellish the australian magazine for textile arts. Kyrgyz felt carpets and the women behind them son kol an idyllic mountain lake in the center of kyrgyzstan is also the namesake of the business of singapreneur aimeerim tursalieva. Shyrdaks and ala kiyiz are kyrgyz felt carpets handmade using patterns and sewing techniques.