Ayse’s family is large, and dedicated to the entire craft of carpet making (weaving, dyeing, tending to sheep) since their time as nomads across Central Asia. Her immediate family is focused on weaving.
Her father, herself and some of her male cousins are carpet merchants.
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The layout is inspired by the Tree of Life motif, also seen in carpets.
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For this layout, I was experimenting with the idea that given Panels A, B, C in a grouping; one would read Panel A to B first if the distance between A-B is smaller than B-C or A-C (basically a reader would read the next panel/dialogue closest to its previous).
In the end I had to correct the original layout to account for how it printed and read in physical book form. u_u
↓ Transcript
She smiles. “That’s right. Here's the catch: I’ve never liked weaving, even though all my relatives are masters of the craft. I simply couldn't do it, no matter how hard they pushed me.”
She recalls her girlhood, spent often in the weaving studio. She remembers how her aunts, cousins and grandaunties used to persuade her mind and fingers into weaving. It took them a long time to finally accept that Ayşe is built for a different vocation.
Ayşe continues, “I liked what baba does. He is a carpet merchant. He gets to be out there, talking to all kinds of people. Most importantly, he gets to see for himself how they are changed by our art. I was mindblown. Once you become a part of it, you’ll never forget the joy of bringing a piece of beauty into a client’s life.
“I learned everything I could. It learned the power our carpets truly have.”
She sighs. “Still, we’ve always lived in Uşak. People come to us. We never go to them. I thought, why shouldn't we bring our carpets to the capital? Inşallah, not only will we sell more carpets, we'll bring more happiness and beauty in a city than we could here. I wanted to present my family, my world, to everyone. I told baba my dream. He supports me, but he’s old. His roots are in Uşak now. Our family is happy here. Can't fault them…”
She recalls her girlhood, spent often in the weaving studio. She remembers how her aunts, cousins and grandaunties used to persuade her mind and fingers into weaving. It took them a long time to finally accept that Ayşe is built for a different vocation.
Ayşe continues, “I liked what baba does. He is a carpet merchant. He gets to be out there, talking to all kinds of people. Most importantly, he gets to see for himself how they are changed by our art. I was mindblown. Once you become a part of it, you’ll never forget the joy of bringing a piece of beauty into a client’s life.
“I learned everything I could. It learned the power our carpets truly have.”
She sighs. “Still, we’ve always lived in Uşak. People come to us. We never go to them. I thought, why shouldn't we bring our carpets to the capital? Inşallah, not only will we sell more carpets, we'll bring more happiness and beauty in a city than we could here. I wanted to present my family, my world, to everyone. I told baba my dream. He supports me, but he’s old. His roots are in Uşak now. Our family is happy here. Can't fault them…”
