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/
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The melody you hear at the beginning & end of the episode is "Chuli Irok", a folk Uzbek melody played on dutar by Gulyam Kuchkarov.