THE SEARCH FOR DESIGN AT DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES IN TRADITIONAL TURKISH ART OF PROCESSING AND KNITTING

Abstract

As it is known, handicrafts have emerged as a need since the time that human beings existed, then
they have changed in different periods and times as art and have become cultural identity
documents as concrete elements that reflect the life, traditions, customs and cultures of the societies
in which they are kept alive.
Our Turkish embroidery art is one of our fine arts that has existed for centuries and expresses the art
feelings of our society with the motifs used in its composition. It is thought that our handicrafts
come out with the aim of being beautiful and to meet our need such as covering first and then to
decorate and titivate. Our embroidery art also is a good example of this idea.
Our handicrafts, which exist today and are tried to be kept alive, are in danger of getting lost. The
most important reasons for this are the developing technology, the high reading rate compared to
the past, the growth of the working area in the developing industries and organizations, the increase
in demand for ready-made products, and the lack of both material and moral value that hand-made
products deserve.
Our handicrafts are experiencing different changes in order to maintain their existence and adapt to
modernization. For example, pieces of handicraft samples such as carpet-plain weaving, ceramic or
fabric weaving are re-attached to each other with different techniques with the tradition of
patchwork, and they are presented as a different design product. It is not known how useful these
design works are for the identity documents of our crafts. This situation causes the danger of the
disappearance of our handicrafts, which is one of the biggest problems of our day, that is, our
cultural identity will also be lost in some areas