“HAWA” NECKLACE

“OYA” lace is worked with a very fine needle with a thread sometimes enhanced with pearls to highlight the patterns, by the women of Anatolia. Christine Delpal revisits this traditional art by inventing a collection of delicate jewelry. A lace arabesque ornament. A mixed contemporary creation Oya necklaces were born from the mix of Turkish lace-making tradition and the traveling eye of Christine Delpal, creator of the Karawan brand. The strong and promising meeting with Hanifa and her sisters, villagers from Anatolia, was obvious. Since its foundation, Karawan has been committed to promoting the artisanal know-how of the Silk Roads, through the creation of unique collections that Christine revisits through design, to keep them alive, in a solidarity economy approach. A shared desire to transmit and support exceptional traditional female knowledge, often limited to the domestic sphere, towards professionalization, a source of income and innovation. Christine spends many days in the mountains of Anatolia, alongside Hanifa, and they design together in a dynamic of co-creation these ornaments inspired by the telluric colors of the region and the changing rhythm of the seasons. Sets to coordinate as you wish or to vary... with the very feminine ornament of lace, as the only guiding thread! Since 2010, 30 women from surrounding villages have joined together to provide training for young people and organize production which takes place throughout the year, in a dynamic of regular renewal of the collections.