The analysis of traditional felt and fabric jewellery marketed in Ankara city center in terms of decorative arts

As the traditional felt and fabric jewellery constitute many folkloric elementsabout Turkish culture, they were considered as a subject that should be analyzed.To this end, ?The Analysis of Traditional Felt and Fabric Jewellery Marketed inAnkara City Center in Terms of Decorative Arts? was chosen as the subject ofmaster?s thesis. The fact that in pre-analysis it was found that no study was carriedout on felt and fabric jewellery produced in Ankara city center was also effectivein conduction of this study. In the study, material, technique, colour, motif,composition characteristics of the traditional felt and fabric jewellery which wereproduced in Ankara city center were analyzed and with 29-item interview formconducted in felt and fabric jewellery production facilities, the developments inthis field were tried to be followed. This study is limited with a total of 60 samplejewellery, 11 of which were documented in 6 facilities that produce jewellery inAnkara city center and 49 of which were exhibited in Ministry of Culture andTourism Dösim (Central Directorate of Circulating Capital Enterprises under theMinistry of Culture) center 2006 cultural souvenier design competition. Theconceptional framework of the study was compiled with the data obtained fromliterature reviews in Chapter III. These are general information on jewellery,historical development of jewellery, the importance and role of jewellery insocieties, traditional jewellery, classification of jewellery according to materialsand utilization, felt and fabric jewellery, the role and characteristics of felt andfabric jewellery today, the techniques used in felt and fabric jewellery production,and auxillary materials used in flet and fabric jewellery production, basic toolsused in jewellery production, private facilities and official institutions producingfelt and fabric jewellery in Ankara city center, and general information aboutDösim.