A Carpet Ride To Khiva Christopher Aslan Alexander

But he stayed mesmerized by a world of silk and forgotten 15th century carpet designs discovering indigo blue madder red pomegranate gold and the subtle shades of life in a desert oasis.

A carpet ride to khiva christopher aslan alexander.

This is the non fiction story of a british man named chris alexander. A carpet ride to khiva. He traveled to khiva to write a guidebook and ended up being mesmerised by the area and staying. While writing a guidebook about khiva he fell in love with this desert oasis boasting the most homogenous example of islamic architecture in the world and stayed.

Chris aslan alexander christopher aslan alexander was born in turkey and grew up in war torn beirut. Alexander s laudable fair trade policy is constantly undercut because every civil. Seven years on the silk road by christopher aslan alexander paperback 14 95 only 10 left in stock order soon. A carpet ride to khiva by christopher aslan alexander.

Escorted by uzbekistan experts chris aslan alexander in april and william taylor in september. Accompanied by a large green parrot a ginger cat and his adoptive uzbek family alexander recounts his efforts to rediscover the lost art of traditional weaving and dyeing and the process establishing a self sufficient carpet workshop employing local women and disabled people to train as apprentices. A carpet ride to khiva. A carpet ride to khiva.

A carpet ride to khiva. He become facinated by the ancient silk road and ended up opening a shop to weave intricate carpets that were native to the area. After university he moved to central asia. Chris alexander originally travelled to khiva a remote walled city in uzbekistan on the route of the ancient silk road to write a guidebook.

Uzbekistan carpet ride to khiva this group tour is a wonderful cultural overview of the country taking in the arts crafts architecture and historical sites accompanied by experts who will help bring the region to life. Friday 22 january 2010 01 00.