Kitre Doll Gullu Nana Handcraft

Collectible dolls; The story of Kitre doll

It is called ”Kitre Doll” because of the astragalus which is a plant that has been used for making kitre dolls. Mostly the head and hands parts are made of astragalus and cotton. The body part is made of padding on a wire. The artisan makes hand sewing for the clothes and shoes according to The portray of the doll.  Regional fabrics are used for the clothes. The items such as needle lace scarf, hand woven vest or pullover, felting hats or vests are all hand made products. To color the doll  watercolor, acrylic paint, guaj paint are used. The materials in the nature are used for completing the doll. Kitre doll and the materials that are used in the portray are the miniature dimensions which are scaled of real dimensions. Kitre doll is such a Turkish doll both the materials and the technique.

Even though it is called Kitre DOLL , it is such a valuable trinket that has been shaped and made in care of sculptor. And also it  is a kind of archive records Because it tells us the periods of past time. For that reason we can easily say that kitre dolls contribute the folklore because of the ethnographic facts of them.

Kitre Doll Gullu Nana Handcraft

Kitre Doll Gullu Nana Handcraft collectible doll is a handmade doll for collectors and these collectible dolls are unique gifts for collectors. The process and stages of making kitre dolls are long and very detailed works. They are artistic pieces due to they are unique. The dolls have stories and belong to a period with their clothes and statements. 

Meet with Gullu Nana. She is a immigrant villager woman who lives with his husband, children and grandchildren in a house which has a big garden. She is not strong enough to work in the field like the days in old times. Just like her  mother who died years ago. Every morning she milks the cows, boils the milk, prepares yogurt, cheese and butter using the milk. In this portray our artisan describes her usual day. She is making butter,  She is thinking her hometown on her mind. The missing of her mother in her heart and her green ayes looking back and feature with expectations. FREE SHIPPING

The materials of Collectible Kitre Doll:

The clothes of Gullu Nana are the real clothes of Tekirdag region. In this region shalwar, shirt and vest are the casual clothes for people.. The shalwar is made of regional fabric, the shirt is cambric, the vest is hand knitted. Her shawl is regional and has needle lace on its sides. The butter is 6 times smaler than the original butter chum. The rug she stands on is hand weaving.

These collectible dolls are completely unique handmade dolls. Because there is only one in the world.