Episode Synopsis "What can colours & motifs tell us about Central Asian textiles?"

What colours do craftspeople use when weaving textiles and why? What do motifs and aberrations therein tell us about the pieces observed, and how to tell mistakes & variations apart? In Episode #3 “What can colours & motifs tell us about Central Asian textiles?” (series The world of Central Asian textiles) we look into the visual element of woven pieces in Central Asia: colours & motifs. Victoria also introduces some core concepts she operates in her research – error and variation, and explains why it matters to look into the mistakes that masters occasionally make. You can find transcript for this conversation at: https://notjustsilkpodcast.wordpress.com/series/central-asian-textiles/colours-and-motifs/ If you have any thoughts, comments, or questions, drop me an email at: [email protected] The melody you hear at the beginning & end of the episode is "Chuli Irok", a folk Uzbek melody played on dutar by Gulyam Kuchkarov.

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