Silk-Cocoon Embroidery
Cocoon Plates, an art easily practiced by the people in the Ottoman period, are taught by artists who have sufficient equipment and knowledge on this subject, with the decision to re-teach the forgotten arts today. Cocoons used together with silk fabrics and silk velvets in the most beautiful corners of the houses; around a family photo, or decorated the picture of his fiancee who went to the military. For a while, it contributed to the family budget of young girls and women; A cocoon plate was made against a tin of oil or embroidered on her dowry with her own hands and feelings. Today, we see it everywhere from accessories to home furnishings, from clothing to artistic products. While silkworm breeding was carried out in Yalova 15 years ago, today it is revitalized within the scope of a project. Cocoon embroidery course with the support of the Provincial Directorate of Culture: It was opened in Yalova for the first time as a course approved by the T:C Ministry of Culture and it was held in its first exhibition.
