12 · Makers
Makers
Verified workshops and craftspeople from Asia's local markets. Every one visited, every one named.
KZ · Almaty · 7 pieces
Aigerim Silver
Third-generation silversmiths reworking the Kazakh zerger tradition.
UZ · Bukhara · 6 pieces
Bukhara Copper
Hammered copper and brass from the domed bazaars of Bukhara.
UZ · Tashkent · 6 pieces
Chorsu Carvers
Walnut, chisel and a pattern language older than the city's mosques.
UZ · Khiva · 4 pieces
Khiva Glass
Hand-blown glass in the turquoise of Khiva's tiled minarets.
UZ · Margilan · 6 pieces
Margilan Ikat House
Silk ikat woven on wooden looms in the city that invented it.
KZ · Almaty · 0 pieces
Novogodniyaya
UZ · Nurata · 5 pieces
Nurata Suzani Atelier
Embroidered by a circle of women in the foothills above Bukhara.
TJ · Dushanbe · 5 pieces
Pamir Stones
Lapis lazuli from Badakhshan, set in silver in Dushanbe.
UZ · Rishtan · 7 pieces
Rishtan Blue
The ishkor glaze of Rishtan, fired the way it has been for eight hundred years.
KG · Naryn · 6 pieces
Shyrdak Collective
Felt carpets from the high pastures of Naryn — UNESCO-listed, still made by hand.
KZ · Karaganda · 5 pieces
Steppe Wool
Camel and fine sheep wool, hand-knitted in the coldest city in Kazakhstan.
KZ · Almaty · 6 pieces
Tumar Leather
Saddler's stitching and vegetable-tanned hide, for the city rather than the steppe.