This piece belongs to Turkey's long-running Traditional Handcrafts series, which the Darphane launched in the early 2000s to document crafts under active threat of disappearing from practice — not merely as cultural nostalgia but partly in response to UNESCO's push for member states to inventory intangible cultural heritage ahead of the 2003 Convention's ratification.
Mintages in this series ran low by design, typically under 5,000 pieces.
This piece belongs to Turkey's long-running Traditional Handcrafts series, which the Darphane launched in the early 2000s to document crafts under active threat of disappearing from practice — not merely as cultural nostalgia but partly in response to UNESCO's push for member states to inventory intangible cultural heritage ahead of the 2003 Convention's ratification.
Mintages in this series ran low by design, typically under 5,000 pieces.