Meet the Makers - Ikat Dyeing in Uzbekistan

Preparing the threads for Ikat weaving involves the participation of a whole community. In Margilan, a city on the Silk Road famous for its Ikat, the threads pass from house to house where each master completes a different step of the process. The silk is spun, counted and divided into groups with the threads carefully aligned. Next, the pattern is applied and the threads are wrapped before going to Aziz’s workshop for the dyeing. The skill required for each stage of this production shines through in the be