tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281883476739158489.post5046764161620578494..comments2023-10-10T08:26:17.996-05:00Comments on Rayela's Fiber Focus: Selcuk: An Aegean Home to Art, by Catherine Salter BayarRachel Bielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14804950102480086440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281883476739158489.post-54378962953029364422008-09-25T09:15:00.000-05:002008-09-25T09:15:00.000-05:00HeyI opened this page up at work and the old lady ...Hey<BR/>I opened this page up at work and the old lady in the picture is my work mates Grandmother. She was very excited and proud to see the photo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281883476739158489.post-89629543814334953022008-09-25T07:51:00.000-05:002008-09-25T07:51:00.000-05:00Thanks, Morna! Yes, the lace is for sale by ladie...Thanks, Morna! Yes, the lace is for sale by ladies in the Ottoman village up in our hills. I have some pieces of jewelry in my etsy shop where we've used oya, the multicolored floral crocheted lace that has its own language. I'm learning to make it and keep trying to organize the ladies into a collective. So far, they are rather independent (meaning, if you tell them that visitors will probably not buy a lace tablecloth that's done in pink and black stripes, they will sulk) and resistant to attempts to 'market' their work for less than big money for them. I admire their spunk - they should make money! - but visitors want everything at third world prices. Not possible anymore here, next door to Europe...Bazaar Bayarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00712818121398423065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281883476739158489.post-11361903559539041232008-09-24T16:52:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:52:00.000-05:00What a wonderful collection of photos - I feel lik...What a wonderful collection of photos - I feel like I just got the latest issue of National Geographic. I wish I could do some traveling - maybe another year. The lace, the lace! Is it for sale?Morna Crites-Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434374580665010849noreply@blogger.com