Felt as an unsolved code of the past – a bridge to the future

Abstract

The article discusses the history of felting in Kyrgyzstan based on the works from the collection of Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts by G. Aytiev. The special attention is paid to works made by Jumabai Umetov , who revived the ancient craft of the Central Asian peoples connected with  felt and cane as a new field of decorative and monumental art. Continuing Umetov's traditions such high-level masters as Toktogul Kasymov, Raigul Akmatova, Galina Turdieva work at a qualitatively new level. Modern arts and crafts art grew up from the folk art. Keeping traditions, introducing new themes, solutions, mastering new materials and techniques, forming the new appearance of interior the artists of Kyrgyzstan develop arts and crafts.