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Handmade On The Silk Road: The Weaver

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Handmade on the Silk Road: 1/3 The Weaver

11/06/2016 GMT

The Weaver

Handmade On The Silk Road

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In China, a weaver uses a combination of handmade techniques and mechanised looms.

Series about traditional crafts along the Silk Road trade route. In northern China, a family of weavers use a combination of handmade techniques and mechanised looms

The first episode of the three-part series Handmade on The Silk Road, The Weaver, is set in North West China, where the Uyghur community has been making Atlas silk for thousands of years. Mattursun Islam and his family are continuing the tradition, using a combination of handmade techniques and mechanised looms, including a wooden loom which Mattursun built himself aged 17. In a small workshop with a team of up to twelve workers, Mattursun produces the silk in over 200 different designs - and from creating the patterns to colouring, dyeing and weaving the thread, the film follows each stage in absorbing detail. We also get an engaging glimpse into the challenges of running the family business. With rival companies often copying his designs, Mattursan Islam is proud of his reputation, but he and his wife also enjoy a good-natured rivalry over who is really in charge.

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Handmade on the Silk Road

Series about traditional crafts along the ancient trade route of the Silk Road.

Series about traditional crafts along the ancient trade route of the Silk Road. Each film follows a day in the working life of a weaver, woodcarver and potter in China, Uzbekistan 

Series about traditional crafts along the ancient trade route of the Silk Road. Each film follows a day in the working life of a weaver, woodcarver and potter in China, Uzbekistan and Iran.

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