But it was also the occasion to “relive” interest in the ancient and largely forgotten art of weaving on the island.
A program of experiential weaving workshops has been “running” at the Museum of Industrial Olive Production of Lesvos for three weeks, with participants learning the art of weaving and weaving kilim patterns in individual crates.
The creator and collector Argyris Hatzimallis, who implements the program of industrial weaving workshops, speaking to APE-MBE, referred to the value of the participations. “The interest was very intense and even unexpectedly great. From the first days, the positions were filled and a long waiting list was created. A fact that obliges the authorities of the island to repeat these workshops in the future”. It should be noted here that in western Lesbos, where there is a great tradition of weaving, workshops are already being planned in the old weaving centers in Parakoila, Skoutaros and elsewhere.
The participants of the program in their individual baskets learn the tying of the warps and weaving techniques that result in the weaving of the patterns of the Asia Minor kilim from Usak exhibited in the Museum.
It should be noted that the exhibition “1922” presented at the Museum of Industrial Olive Production of Lesvos until next June as part of the commemoration events for the Asia Minor Disaster, is under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and the Federation of Refugee Societies of Greece (O.P.S.E. .). The remarkable exhibition traces the Asia Minor Campaign and the Disaster, the uprooting and restarting in Greece, the integration of the refugees and the preservation of memory, but also the important contribution of the Asia Minor refugees in Lesbos.
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