2025 Membership Meeting February "OYA" Bead Crochet Demo

Traditional Anatolian Lace "Oya" Demonstration

by Ylvia Asal

• Opening Remarks
  
• SJBS Updates
• Q&A
• Bead Education - Demonstration of traditional Anatolian techniques used in beaded crochet lace, needle lace, and hairpin lace
• Door Prize drawing
  
• Wrap Up

  The SJBS is excited to have new vendor member, Ylvia Asal,     as our guest speaker.

  Ms. Asal is a multi-disciplinary teaching artist who works    

  with a wide array of media: sculpture with clay, wax and

  fabric (soft sculpture), painting, and textile art such as lace

  making and working with fabric and yarn.  Her greatest

  passion is ‘making lace’, called Oya, which is a centuries old

  Turkish technique of creating handmade lace.

  Her studio, located at 35 Kings Highway East in Haddonfield,   offers an impressive array of traditional and contemporary     fiber arts.  She also offers classes in various art media

  such as crochet, hand embroidery, mixed media collage, lace   making and many more.

  For more info visit: https://anatoliaartcraft.com/home

  NOTE: this meeting is Hybrid, both in person and on Zoom.