Folk dolls

Mervat - Folk Dolls

From:Giza

The art of traditional dolls making still one of supreme folkolorik crafts in Egypt that enthuses a lot of artisans. Mervat is one of those artisans who love the art of folkolorik dolls making. A young girl from Mo'tamadia Giza. she design and creates dolls since her childhood and developed a lot from her style by using metal wires, small accessories and lots of colorful fabrics.  In a suburb of Giza and not far from the Pyramids of Giza, more than 150 women gather together daily to teacheach other the art of rutal embroidery, they created their own NGO since 1996 to assist them in marketing their products. They live in that area since it was an agricultural area, when they come from Sohag in upper egypt and setteld in Giza, the local environment of their origin villages make an inspiration for them in the production of their distinctive embroidered wool cloth, their works reflect the motifs of Egyptian environment such as palm trees, houses, camels, people, river nile and more of the Egyptian environment of nature and humans.