Zonguldak Keten Bezi Dokumacılığı ve Yorumsal Dokumalar (original) (raw)

One of the cultural objects produced as a part of daily life in different geographies and all civilizations is cloth fabrics. Cloth, which has a lifetime in human life, is a fabric whose material is usually cotton, linen, hemp or a mixture of these yarns. Zonguldak, where the cloths known as Elpek / Pelemet / Çekmen / Çözme, one of the cultural riches of Anatolia, are woven, is one of the important cities of linen weaving. Flax fibers produced in the Western Black Sea were used in the production of these cloths. The cloths are woven on 2 powerful hand looms with 1/1 plain weave weave. While this type of weaving was initially made entirely with linen yarn, today it is continued using linen, hemp and cotton fiber. These cloths were used in clothing and household needs without any decoration, plain or by embroidering or embroidering. Today, linen weavings can be turned into souvenirs, decorative and home textile products for sale, not for necessity. It is known that flax and hemp production was abandoned in the Black Sea Region after the 1970s due to many reasons such as the increase in cotton industrial production, the fact that cheap and easily accessible textiles became more preferred, and hemp-hemp cultivation was banned in the 1940s. In addition to these reasons, the increase in business opportunities with the developing mining and industry in Zonguldak, the laborious process of linen-hemp production and weaving have also been effective. Some studies are carried out to redevelop and maintain linen weaving in the region. Body-friendly linen cloths, which have such a long history in our country, have become sought after with the developing consciousness in today's world. In order to contribute to the maintenance of this local art and to prevent its extinction, linen weaving has been the subject of this study. The research was limited to Çaycuma, Alaplı and Ereğli districts of Zonguldak. The catalog was created by examining the product types made from linen cloths woven in the 20th century. With the tools and materials used in the weaving of these linen cloths, interpretive designs with the theme of coal mine were made with an artistic point of view by using the colors and materials of the region.