Anadolu Kilim & Carpet

12/26/2023

11/29/2023

Multi-tasking as usual! Arranging travel plans for my clients while sewing Turkish Kilim pillows.

It will be a busy holiday travel and sewing season for me! If I can be of help for your upcoming travel plans or need a beautiful handwoven gift, just let me know!

07/14/2023

I believe that women have a creative force that must be used in one way or another - an energy that MUST be employed. Every day. Crafting mathematical model or creating the physics for a bridge across a river or crafting a menu for dinner or planning the weekend for the family. Or, creating a work of art. In our homes, in our workplaces, in our lives - creating is an absolutely essential activity ...

10/12/2022

In Ingushetiya, a new generation of women is reviving the traditional art of felting rugs.

02/24/2022

Only a few spots left for the amazing textile tour delving into the TEXTILE TRADITIONS OAXACA: COAST & ISTHMUS! Please contact me immediately if you are interested!

We explore the multiple ethnic communities of Oaxaca (and Guerrero) to learn of their cultural and ethnic expressions in dress and textiles. From the Amuzgo in Guerrero to the Mixtec, Huave, Zapotec in Oaxaca we will see how textile traditions and dress are a cultural passport and unique expression....

11/08/2021

My latest project was to design pillows from a textile that my client had for many years. They were to compliment a textile tapestry that she has displayed above her couch to bring the look all together. I love using a beautiful textile to create and repurpose into what can be used and enjoyed!


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07/08/2021

Continuous Line, Linea Continua features five newly woven textiles by Porfirio Gutiérrez who challenges the traditional use of rugs by redefining purpose and expanding upon the fluid tradition of Zapotec textile knowledge. Each piece is intended exclusively to hang on the wall.

06/10/2021

If you are interested in learning about Islamic prayer rugs, please see the upcoming webinar.
Sumru Belger Krody
Senior Curator, The Textile Museum Collection
at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

CO-SPONSORED BY

Textile Museum Associates of Southern California
Chicago Oriental Rug & Textile Society
Colorado Textile Group
Portland Area Rug Society
San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society
Seattle Textile and Rug Society

VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM

*10* am PDT / 12 noon CDT, Saturday, June 12, 2021

Admission is free

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/PryrCptsCORTS

THE LOG-IN link will automatically be sent to you by Zoom when you Register for the program


Textiles in Islamic society fulfill far more than the functions normally expected of them. Among these textiles, prayer carpets hold a special place. They beautify spaces, while conveying metaphorical meanings for Muslim worshippers during their obligatory five-times daily prayer. Additionally, prayer carpets have been communicating the distinct aesthetic choices of the individual cultures who created and used them for centuries, while being recognizable as prayer carpets through their very specific design elements. This presentation will discuss the prayer carpet’s universality in terms of its use and certain design aesthetics, and will be followed by a brief discussion on how diverse Islamic cultures make this textile their own. Certain design elements and their meanings or symbolism are universal, and they point to a fluid iconography through time, place, religion, tradition, and culture.
Sumru Belger Krody joined The Textile Museum in 1994, after receiving her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Istanbul University and the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in textiles from the late antique period and from the Islamic Lands. As senior curator, she leads the curatorial department of The Textile Museum collection and serves as editor-in-chief of The Textile Museum Journal. Sumru has curated or co-curated numerous exhibitions and is the author or the co-author of eight exhibition-related publications and many articles; the last two were Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt (2019), and A Nomad’s Art: Kilims of Anatolia (2018). She is also a guest lecturer for George Washington University on textile arts. She is currently working on an upcoming spring 2023 exhibition on prayer carpets titled Prayer and Transcendence at the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Among textiles in Islamic society, prayer carpets hold a special place. They beautify spaces, while conveying metaphorical meanings for Muslim worshippers during their obligatory five-times daily prayer. Additionally, prayer carpets have been communicating the distinct aesthetic choices of the indiv...