WHAT IS A KILIM?

WHAT IS A KILIM?

KILIM is a traditional, hand woven woollen textile, that can be used as a rug, bed-cover, or as a decoration on a wall, chair, shelf, etc. BOSNIAN kilim is a product with centuries long tradition. Using their old-fashioned, wooden looms at their homes, women of Bosnia...
KILIMS AND WOMEN

KILIMS AND WOMEN

We started weaving of kilims in our workshop in Tuzla in long-past 1993. In 1995, the project “Kilims and Women” symbolically showed the link between Bosnian tradition, beautiful kilim and the work of a woman who wove it. We presented 15 kilims and 15 women through an...
REMEMBRANCE KILIM AT THE TUZLA GALLERY OF PORTRAIT

REMEMBRANCE KILIM AT THE TUZLA GALLERY OF PORTRAIT

The Remembrance Kilm – Tradition against Oblivion – was created in Bosfam as a wish of women to keep up the memory of their missing and killed family members. Kilim, as a traditional handicraft, as a long life cycle and, by weaving this kilim, the women wanted for the...