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Turkic World
The Turkic world stretches across dozens of nations and three thousand years of history. We begin with six — Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. We are not finished.
6 artists · 6 collections
Finest silk dyed with natural roots.
Collections from Turkic World
The Anatolia Collection
by Hafize Kaya · Tokat wood-block printing on silk
20 pieces
Shop →The Shaki Silk Collection
by Narmin Hasanova · Kelaghayi block-stamp dyeing
30 pieces
Shop →The Registan Collection
by Dilnoza Yusupova · Ikat geometric patterns on silk
12 pieces
Shop →The Steppe Collection
by Aizat Bekova · Shyrdak-inspired motifs on silk
20 pieces
Shop →The Tian Shan Collection
by Ainur Mamytova · Shyrdak felt-inspired dyeing
18 pieces
Shop →The Gul Collection
by Ogulgerek Annayeva · Turkmen gul carpet motifs on silk
15 pieces
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Turkey
Hafize Kaya
Hafize Kaya is a third-generation yazma master from Tokat — a city that held a royal monopoly on block-printed textiles during the Ottoman p…
Azerbaijan
Narmin Hasanova
A fourth-generation kelaghayi artisan from Shaki, Narmin Hasanova is one of the last masters of Azerbaijan's UNESCO-recognized silk dyeing t…
Uzbekistan
Dilnoza Yusupova
Born in the shadow of Samarkand's Registan, Dilnoza Yusupova creates designs that echo the mathematical perfection of Islamic geometric tile…
Kazakhstan
Aizat Bekova
Aizat Bekova is an Almaty-based artist whose designs bridge the nomadic traditions of the Kazakh steppe with a contemporary minimalist sensi…
Kyrgyzstan
Ainur Mamytova
From the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, Ainur Mamytova is a master of shyrdak — the traditional felt carpet art of the Kyrgyz people. Re…
Turkmenistan
Ogulgerek Annayeva
Ogulgerek Annayeva comes from a family of Turkmen carpet weavers whose patterns have been passed down through generations of women. The sacr…
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Hafize Kaya
Hafize Kaya is a third-generation yazma master from Tokat — a city that held a royal monopoly on block-printed textiles during the Ottoman period. She learned to carve linden-wood blocks from her grandmother, who learned from hers. The technique has not changed in six hundred years: carved wood, natural dye, silk. Her hands carry the memory of every pattern she has ever pressed.