[From Blue Tree's website:]"The Oyas are one of a kind necklaces crafted from antique "Oya" (crocheted flower garlands from Anatolia). They are designed by Ninoff exclusively for Blue Tree. Look out for these pieces in the September issue of W magazine."I.
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LOVE WITH THE APPEARANCE OF THIS!
So much so, I set forth my mad-Googling skillz to dig up what I could on what it IS [Oya], and perhaps any English books I could use as sources on how to learn and eventually master this craft!I find it fascinating how different motifs have different meanings, much in the way Victorians used flowers to convey "hidden meanings" in boquets.
Turns out this craft was traditionally used as a means of dowry. Fascinating.
Looking at this rose necklace to the left, I can easily see this being worked as a lacework edging on many items, including a wedding veil.
NEED. BOOK. NEED. KNOWLEDGE. NOW!!!!
8 comments:
I can has Oya? Iz pretty.
U kan haz Oya, o-boya.
If you find books on the subject i would like to buy one or you could buy one for me and I pay you or barter/trade for it what ever this is real cool to me.
woh, those really are incredible!
Love the roses the best......and I had to look real hard to realize that garland on the candle was Oya too!
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WOW, now I need to find out more about OYA.
WOW.
Beautiful.
It's really lovely- by Googling oya turkish and oya turkish crochet I came across some vendors actually selling oya pieces, and one eBay seller (sunnymailbox) had books for sale, although the articles that I BRIEFLY skimmed through suggested that oya can be made by tatting, crochet, and with a needle. It looks kind of like very colorful Irish crochet. shforbes
I didn't see an email address, so here's my note: I was so taken with the oya pictures and links that I emailed Lacis in San Francisco and they sent a request in to the publisher of a book I saw for sale on Ebay. (I assume for more info at this stage of the game, but they did seem intrigued by oya) Sue F shforbes@earthlink.net
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