A STUDY ABOUT THE CONTINUITY OF FELT MAKING FROM TRADITION TO FUTURE: PROJECT “FELT FROM THE HEART-THE YURT AND LOVING LIFE” Cover Image

GELENEKTEN GELECEĞE KEÇECİLİĞİN SÜREKLİLİĞİNE DAİR BİR ÇALIŞMA:“BARIŞ SEVGİ ÇADIRI” PROJESİ
A STUDY ABOUT THE CONTINUITY OF FELT MAKING FROM TRADITION TO FUTURE: PROJECT “FELT FROM THE HEART-THE YURT AND LOVING LIFE”

Author(s): Nurgül Begic
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Sanat ve Dil Araştırmaları Enstitüsü
Keywords: Wool; felt; felt maker; tent of peace and love; homeland; Ireland

Summary/Abstract: Turks are spread out over a wide area by changing often their homeland on the world geography and they lived in different civilizations under the effect of many cultures and religions. Whereupon Turks acquired a public culture which changes, develops and is attached to tradition from Middle Asia to present. Inside the Turkish public culture, felt making has an important place next to the other handcraft fields. Today many types of handcraft are face to face with degeneration or disappearance. Today felt making is not valued in the proper sense but it is sustainable; in different regions of Anatolia there are craftsmen who make personal efforts and the University of Selçuk. In the Handcrafts Education Division of the Professional Education Faculty, within the context of gaining educational skills, it is provided to the studying students with courses supporting their professional specialty. In December 2002 a project about the sustainability of felt making is realized with the cooperation of students and felt artists.The subject of the seminar encloses the introduction of the project “Tent of Peace and Love”.

  • Issue Year: 1/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 40-54
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Turkish