Selvedge Magazine: Issue 123 Silk Road

Buy Issue 123 Silk Road of Selvedge magazine. Camel caravans crossing desert dunes, merchants trading silks at bazaars – these are the stereotypical images that come to mind when we think of the Silk Road. But the reality goes far beyond these tropes. Rather than a single trade route from East to West, the Silk Road comprised overlapping networks linking communities across Asia, Africa, and Europe, from Japan to Britain, Scandinavia to Madagascar. This issue takes Uzbekistan as a pivot point from which to explore Central Asia, from Almaty in Kazakhstan to Istanbul in Türkiye, highlighting stories of textiles from across the continent and exploring the importance of Central Asia to the history and future of textiles. 

What is Selvedge magazine?

Polly Leonard launched Selvedge magazine in 2004 to celebrate our cerebral and sensual addiction to cloth while promoting skilfully made and carefully considered textiles. Every issue features talented makers and their lives and stories. Polly believes the most interesting and evocative textile stories deserve to be shown in the best possible light and has thus created a magazine that is an aesthetically beautiful experience.

This magazine is available in PAPER format. 

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