Inside a “cocoon,” surrounded by a silk layer through which the images of moths and giant cocoons can be noticed; roofed with archival images of sericulture - mulberry tree and…
Without Museum Objects The Silk Museum started to spin a cocoon around itself. After the building’s rehabilitation, the museum will reopen in a new form. The objects are being temporarily…
When you look at these embroidered lilacs, you will feel the smell of spring. As though it is telling us that the most colorful days of the year are coming.…
Textile making has a long history in Georgia, reflected in the diversity of different handicraft techniques, abundance of designs and wide range of typical imagery. Being a common occupation for…
What is textile telling us? Through this seemingly easy question, we can talk about eras, different cultures, personal memories, and a society’s formation. Needless to say, textile has a special…
Collage of archival material, Tamuna Chabashvili, 2020. My practice revolves around the topic of archives and traces. Mapping personal stories, memories, and questions into visual and tactile narratives, for me,…
Research project by artist Nino Kvrivishvili The material was prepared in collaboration with the State Silk Museum. It includes the samples and history of Georgian silk from the Soviet time,…
The starting point of The New Dictionary of Old Ideas is multifaceted research of Central Europe. An artistic exploration of topics concerning identity and urgent socio-political issues was extended by…
The State Silk Museum preserves a small, but a very valuable collection - cardboard boxes for silkworm seed (eggs) transportation. The story of this collection is directly related to the creation…
During my internship in the Silk Museum dye collection was the first thing that I had to deal with. These few but various samples preserved in the glass tubes tell…