Silk dyed with the roots of the earth.
A Lagos artist. A Shaki master. One scarf.
Not fashion. A piece made to be passed down.
Silk dyed with the roots of the earth.
A Lagos artist. A Shaki master. One scarf.
Not fashion. A piece made to be passed down.
Shaki silk · Global artists · Natural dyes
Each piece begins with an artist,
ends with a master.
Nigeria
The Adire Collection
by Adaeze Okonkwo
Turkey
The Anatolia Collection
by Hafize Kaya
Japan
The Shibori Collection
by Yuki Tanaka
Azerbaijan
The Shaki Silk Collection
by Narmin Hasanova
Mexico
The Oaxaca Collection
by Frida Luna
Finland
The Saimaa Collection
by Aino Mäkinen
Global voices, local craft
The Artists
Nigeria
Adaeze Okonkwo
The Adire Collection
Ethiopia
Selam Tesfaye
The Lalibela Collection
Turkey
Hafize Kaya
The Anatolia Collection
Azerbaijan
Narmin Hasanova
The Shaki Silk Collection
Uzbekistan
Dilnoza Yusupova
The Registan Collection
Kazakhstan
Aizat Bekova
The Steppe Collection
Kyrgyzstan
Ainur Mamytova
The Tian Shan Collection
Turkmenistan
Ogulgerek Annayeva
The Gul Collection
Japan
Yuki Tanaka
The Shibori Collection
India
Priya Sharma
The Rajasthan Collection
Mexico
Frida Luna
The Oaxaca Collection
Finland
Aino Mäkinen
The Saimaa Collection
We are always searching.
Are you an artist whose work belongs here?Shaki, Azerbaijan
The Silk
Every Navohi piece begins with raw silk from Shaki, a town nestled in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus. For five centuries, Shaki has been the beating heart of Caucasian silk production — a place where mulberry groves still line the river valleys and the air carries the faint sweetness of cocoons drying in the mountain sun.
The silk is never treated with chemicals. It is washed in spring water, stretched by hand, and dyed with pigments extracted from walnut shells, pomegranate rinds, and the roots of madder plants gathered from the hills above the city.
The master behind every collection
Narmin Hasanova
4. generation kelaghayi master · Shaki, Azerbaijan · UNESCO Intangible Heritage
A fourth-generation kelaghayi artisan from Shaki, Narmin works at the crossroads of UNESCO-recognized tradition and global contemporary art. Every collection that leaves her workshop carries 500 years of Azerbaijani silk heritage.
