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Kutnu Silk
Project Type
Cultural Heritage & Women’s Empowerment through Weaving
Project Date
17 October 2006
Role and Responsibilities
Textile designer and coordinator supporting the revival of traditional Anatolian weaving and women’s employment.
Project Type
Cultural Heritage & Women’s Empowerment through Weaving
Fabric Specifications
This 50% silk - 50% cotton fabric (200 g/m², 50 cm width) combines lightness and strength, offering a soft natural texture and timeless quality.
Reviving the Rhythm of Anatolia
Kutnu is one of the finest examples of Gaziantep’s centuries-old handweaving tradition.
The shimmering dialogue between silk weft and cotton warp gives this fabric its distinctive rhythm — a surface that shifts and glows with light, capturing the poetry of movement.
Woven patiently on handlooms, Kutnu carries the memory of the craftspeople, the sound of the shuttle, and the quiet persistence of time.
By preserving the essence of Anatolian tailoring and merging it with geometric, multi-panel structures and the patchwork logic of craft, I aim to give Kutnu a renewed identity — one that honours the masters while speaking to the present.
Kutnu stands as a meeting point between tradition and modernity, where the fabric itself becomes both story and statement — graceful, enduring, and deeply human.
