Re-weaving the end of a rug. Turkey

 

There was a time when everything was made by hand. There was no other way. Skills were refined as they passed from one generation to the next. It is a continuum drawing to a close. Work that was once common and essential survives today as art or craft, or has disappeared entirely.

 

Making felt rugs in a Kazakh village. Western China

 

Handspun yarn for knitting socks and gloves. Turkey

 

A Kurdish village woman spins wool yarn with a drop spindle. Turkey

 

Glass blowers. India

 

Sidewalk vender baking flat bread. China

 

Tinning copper pots, Iran

 

Pack saddle maker. Turkey