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Return to Tradition: The Revitalization of Turkish Village Carpets describes the rebirth of an almost-extinct cultural tradition, the hand-knotted Turkish carpets made in remote villages on the Aegean Peninsula, and the lives of the women who make them. It is the story of a unique project called DOBAG - Dogal Boya Arastirma ve Gelistirme Projesi (the Natural Dye Research and Development Project). DOBAG reintroduced natural dyes, restored the integrity of this ancient folk art, and formed village cooperatives to organize the production and marketing of the carpets. The book also includes information about the designs, colors, motifs, and symbolism of the carpets which continue to evolve aesthetically in response to the weavers' needs and the consumer market.
The DOBAG project, administered by Marmara University in Istanbul, has produced 1500 carpets annually since 1981.
Return to Tradition: The Revitalization of Turkish Village Carpets was published by the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1998. 80 pages, 106 color photographs. Soft cover. ISBN 0-295-97689-6.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Revitalization
The Cooperative Takes Shape
Making a Village Carpet
Aesthetics
Catalog of Village Carpet Designs
Village Life
Bibliography
Index