Adventures in Central Asian Textiles - or how to get down from a yak!

Tue 25th Mar 2025

10:00 am

Lecturer: Chris Aslan

Chris Aslan has lived in Asia including Usbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, where he worked reviving 15th century capet designs, training Yak herders to comb the Yaks for cashmere-like down, and in wood carving.

Lecture 1: A carpet ride to Khiva - exploring the revival of 15th century Timurid carpet designs from Persian illuminated manuscipts.

Lecture 2: How to get down from a Yak - adventures in Central Asian nomadic textiles