KEÇENİN HİKÂYESİ VE SANATSAL ÜRETİMLER.

Authors :: Atış Özhekım, Didem
Source :: Journal of World of Turks / Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken. 2009, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p123-133. 11p. 7 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: Felt making is known the oldest textile surface all around the world. There is no definite evidence about felt making and usage but its first usage on paper at Homer "Ilyada". After 1071 Malazgirt Victory, nomadic Turkish tribes came from Central Asia to Anatolia with their culture. Because of widely using fields of felt, it is in the daily life from past to present. Nowadays there are a lot of souvenirs and touristic things to make felt. At the same time Turkish, European or American artists prefer to use felt for their art works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]