Bursa International Silk Needle Lade Festival and Design Competition

Abstract

Needlework is one of the important and well-known parts of Anatolian handicrafts. Throughout history, Anatolian women have kept handmade laces in the dowry chests of young girls and contributed to the household economy by producing and selling lace. Nowadays, among the modern textile industry and the digital world, lace lace, which is remembered only on special occasions as a part of tradition, has taken its place among the productions that are about to disappear in Anatolian culture. On the other hand, there are people who come from abroad and carry out various projects because they want to learn this production technique and make it sustainable in their own culture. The existence of exemplary activities for the sustainable promotion and transfer of lace production in Anatolia to future generations is promising in terms of the concept of living heritage. Bursa International Silk Needle Lace Festival and Design Competition constitutes the scope of this study. The purpose of the study is to emphasize the importance of the mentioned event in setting an example for other centers in terms of protecting and sustaining lace production and contributing to the increase in the number of such events. In the study, a literature review was conducted, officials in the festival and competition organizing committee were interviewed, and the text part was supported with photographs in personal archives and Bursa Merinos Textile Industry Museum Archive. In the first part of the study, the importance of lace production in Anatolian culture is discussed, and in the second part, the emergence of the said festival and competition is discussed and its contribution to the subject is explained.

Nowadays, among the modern textile industry and the digital world, lace lace, which is remembered only on special occasions as a part of tradition, has taken its place among the productions that are about to disappear in Anatolian culture. On the other hand, there are people who come from abroad and carry out various projects because they want to learn this production technique and make it sustainable in their own culture. The existence of exemplary activities for the sustainable promotion and transfer of lace production in Anatolia to future generations is promising in terms of the concept of living heritage. Bursa International Silk Needle Lace Festival and Design Competition constitutes the scope of this study. The purpose of the study is to emphasize the importance of the mentioned event in setting an example for other centers in terms of protecting and sustaining lace production and contributing to the increase in the number of such events. In the study, a literature review was conducted, officials in the festival and competition organizing committee were interviewed, and the text part was supported with photographs in personal archives and Bursa Merinos Textile Industry Museum Archive. In the first part of the study, the importance of lace production in Anatolian culture is discussed, and in the second part, the emergence of the said festival and competition is discussed and its contribution to the subject is explained.

Key Words: Culture, Merinos Textile Industry Museum, Bursa, Silk, Lace.