Кулян Жангутты / Zhangutty Kulyan Kusyynkyzy of Balatai , Kazakhstan
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Zhangutty Kulyan Kusyynkyzy, born 05.04.1950, teacher, artist - master of high education who lives in the village of Rayymbek, Karasai district, Almaty region. Kazakhstan. He works as a technology teacher at the Secondary School named after Kenen Azerbayev of Karasai district according to the program of development, a revival of available types of folk crafts. He has always adhered to folk methods and technologies. The main occupation is spinning, hand weaving, wool processing, dyeing with the use of natural dyes, manufacture of felt products, artistic KURAK (patchwork mosaic). He is a regular participant at Republican, regional and district exhibitions, as well as at international exhibitions, fairs, all this contributed to the birth of the creative group "Balatai", which mainly consists of pensioners and young girls who want to do crafts. The group teaches young people a new technology of felt felting with the use of natural silk corresponding to the world standard; they also develop new models of clothing and accessories. Kulyan is a member of the Central Asian Association for the Support of CACSA Crafts. His skill is inherited from his grandmother, Balatai, a craftswoman, a storyteller. "Balatai" in translation: striving for perfection.
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