Just 40 short years ago, weaving villages around Turkey were chocker-block full of many old-style shuttled looms. Even in Istanbul, looms making the famous looped Turkish towels (plush terry towels) could be found. Then less expensive machine woven and cheap imports took over the market, bankrupting most shuttle loom weavers and nearly destroying this precious cultural heritage.
The remaining artisans can only be found in a few villages scattered from the south to the southeast of Turkey. Jennifer's Hamam works directly with these artisans to create beautiful traditional hand woven linens from indigenous organic fibers (GOTS certified organic cotton, goat fiber, linen and hand reeled silk), keeping this priceless cultural tradition alive and sharing it with the world.
