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Digital exhibition · Kazakhstan

Making, gathering and performance in Kazakhstan

Ten selected photographs move between material detail, textile display, music, contemporary design and public gathering.

A traditionally dressed handler holding a large eagle before a display of patterned felt.
Eagle and patterned felt · A handler photographed before a textile displayOwner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

Entry photograph

A living presence enters the material record.

The opening photograph keeps handler, eagle, dress and patterned felt in a single frame. It introduces the collection through relationship and presence rather than an isolated object.

Captions identify only what is visible in the supplied files. Names, exact locations and event context remain open until a fuller record is provided.

Collection sequence

Nine further records of material and display

Historic imagery, textiles, carved wood, music and contemporary design are shown at their own scale. The sequence moves between close detail, performance and collective presentation.

A painted historic scene showing figures gathered around a decorated yurt.

Historic scene

A painted view of figures gathered around a yurt

Owner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

A model presenting a metallic pale-gold gown on an outdoor runway.

Contemporary design on stage

A metallic gown presented beneath festival lighting

Owner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

Two women at a textile exhibition with patterned quilts and cushions behind them.

Textile exhibition

Makers framed by quilts, cushions and patterned cloth

Owner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

White festival streamers and dark ornamental motifs suspended against a vivid blue sky.

Ornament against the sky

White streamers and dark motifs suspended overhead

Owner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

A close display of richly coloured woven bands, patterned textiles and felt pieces.

Woven colour at close range

Bands, textiles and felt arranged in dense layers

Owner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

Traditional instrumentalists performing on a lawn before a monumental brick façade.

Music before the brick façade

Instrumentalists perform together on the lawn

Owner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

A close display of carved wooden bowls, cups and long-handled ladles.

Carved wooden vessels

Bowls, cups and ladles gathered as an object study

Owner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

A framed patchwork textile artwork displayed above richly patterned cushions.

Patchwork and cushion pattern

A framed textile composition shown with embroidered cushions

Owner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

An international group standing together before a Craft Fest backdrop.

Craft Fest gathering

An international group assembled before the festival mark

Owner-supplied project archive · photographer and reuse terms not recorded

Image record

Source and use

The ten gallery photographs and masthead photograph were selected from the project owner’s Kazakhstan folder. The selected source files carry capture dates from 25–29 September 2025.

Photographer, exact location, participant names, copyright holder, reuse terms and consent restrictions were not recorded with the supplied files. The source register preserves those gaps rather than inferring missing information.

Photographic series

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