Ikonium Studio is the working gallery of UNESCO honnored Turkish felt master Mehmet Girgiç and American textile artist Theresa May-OBrien Daily workshops with artists available by appointment. Traditional and contemporary textiles include carpet, kilim and felt. Natural dyemaking and hand paintng Contact: Ikonium Studio Binbirdirek Mahallesi Dr. Şevkibey Sokak No6B Fatih Istanbul, Turkey 34122 +90 212 5187353 GPS: N41 00.442 E28 58.426
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
workshops and work
We have been busy teaching, dyeing silk and makng felt. We are getting ready to move the shop to a new location in Istanbul by the end of the month. We are lloking for more daily visitors to the studio. We had a nice workshop with two students from Australia and New Zealand this week. We have been hand dyeing silk for our felt work and it is comming out quite nice.
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felt makers,
Ikionium,
Istanbul,
Kececi ikonium,
Mehmet Girgic,
Theresa May-O'Brien,
Turkey,
wool
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Wonderful work!
ReplyDeleteit's good to see the works are going on, and even the dyeingpots are boiling. Are they on the balcony terrace?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work you are doing. Love it! (Coming from a link from Catherine Bayar's collaboration.)
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