AN EXTINCT AUTHENTIC ART IS ABOUT TO RESURRECT

For centuries Cypriot women have been affectionately and assiduously breeding silkworms for their cocoon to make precious handicrafts by combining their nurture with nature.

Each piece of this ancient art form reflects the artist’s personal admiration of the ravishing landscape of Cyprus in the heart of the ever-glowing Mediterranean Sea. Suppressed emotions of these village women come to life with their authentic-to-life motifs that are created by layers of cocoon, thread and different types of fabric.

 There has been neither a school nor a master teacher to carry this folkloric art through the centuries. Rather, elderly women have taught the zealous young girls in their families. The tradition thus perseveres conventionally. Nevertheless, generations have lost interest in this exquisite art, threatening its extinction,

Despite the pall of these lost decades, this exquisite unique craft managed to survive in the bona fide environs of North Cyprus. Today, the few people who are carrying out his tradition do so with the hope that generations will inherit their treasured gift.