Shape and Colors in the Kurdish
Workshop to create a design guide Iraq
Sarhand Khalid
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Workshop to create a design guide Iraq
Intoduction
Firstly I’d Like to thank you for considering my application, I hope it will meet your expectations.
My name is Sarhand Khalid. I’m from As sulaymaniyah, I’m Architec ture student at Koya University, Koysinjaq- Erbil.
In this document I try to show you some of the kurdish patterns that has been used though the ages and still it is used by factories. for this reason I visted the Mafur Factory in Koyasinjaq. it is founded officially in 1970, but the art of rug making is beyond that time in the city
Figure 1: Mafur Factory
Figure 2: Grided pattern for the rugs. Fugure 3: basic shape I founded in many rugs in there
Figure 3: another handmade rug, with more dark colors .
Figure 4: the light red is more focued.
Figure 4:Most used colors.
figure 5: grided pattern
As I have searched on the internet, I found some other Kurdish Rugs , for
floralblendsnaturallysingularexuberanttoalmostItswithaexpressivewhichConnoisseur-Caliberinstanceoffersadeeplyglimpseintomountainfieldladenwildflowers.narrowfieldisanafterthoughtitsbroadseriesofborders.Ajewel-toned,dyedpaletteeachnuanceddetailintoa Figure 5: Connoisseur-Caliber, Kurdish Rug
Figure 6: Serab Camelhair Runner, Kurdish Rug
An expertly balanced diamond-within-diamond field design creates a compelling, irregularly drawn latticework into which an innovative assortment of spontaneously rendered blossoms is inserted. In superb condition despite its substantial age, this unusually diminutive runner also offers an inventive assortment of naturally dyed colors, including seldom seen leaf green and walnut brown
“Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.”
Malcolm Bradbury.