- AKRA Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi
- Vol: 6 Issue: 15
- KAYBOLMAYA YÜZ TUTMUŞ GELENEKSEL TÜRK YORGANCILIĞININ ANALİZİ: TİRE İLÇESİ ÖRNEĞİ
KAYBOLMAYA YÜZ TUTMUŞ GELENEKSEL TÜRK YORGANCILIĞININ ANALİZİ: TİRE İLÇESİ ÖRNEĞİ
Authors : Tülay Gümüşer
Pages : 229-237
Doi:10.31126/akrajournal.365166
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Publication Date : 2018-05-08
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Quilting having existed from the Ottoman Empire to today’s modern Turkey has been an indispensable part of folk arts with its colour, motifs, technique and composition features. This traditional textile art of ours carrying traces of life styles of societies have lost its importance with the effect of different dynamics such as the technology that have changes in the 21 st century and the change of social structure. In this article, quilting, one of our intangible cultural heritages, is dealt with from artistic perspective and the problems of the profession is discussed. The population of this study focusing on the change of quilting in these days is composed of 4 craftsmen going ahead with this profession in Tire district of the city of İzmir and the sampling of this study is composed of photographs shot from the quilts sewn by the craftsmen. In this study, the data obtained from the interviews made with craftsmen in Tire with an important potential in terms of traditional folk arts have been evaluated; the design and composition of quilts have been analysed over visual samples. At the end of the study, it is seen that there remain a few craftsmen performing quilting in the district and it is detected that the craftsmen are the last representatives of this profession because of the lack of apprentices to train.Keywords : Cultural Heritage, Folk Art, Traditional Textiles, Tire District, Traditional Turkish Quilting, Quilting