Ref: SID35
Tue 25th Mar 2025
10:00 am
Lecturer: Chris Aslan
Chris Aslan has lived in Asia including Usbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, where he worked reviving 15th century capet designs, training Yak herders to comb the Yaks for cashmere-like down, and in wood carving.
Lecture 1: A carpet ride to Khiva - exploring the revival of 15th century Timurid carpet designs from Persian illuminated manuscipts.
Lecture 2: How to get down from a Yak - adventures in Central Asian nomadic textiles