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TURKISH OYA (NEEDLELACE): A VILLAGE WOMAN’S SECRET LANGUAGE

Frances Ergen has a background in textile design and development in Europe and Japan and has lived in Turkiye for many years, where local textile techniques became a focus. In this talk, Frances will show how the traditional craft of Turkish needlelace has endeavoured to survive, illustrated by her own Oya collection, reference books and other material.

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