https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/home daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/db828446-28b0-4964-9ef3-545ab18e7235/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli01BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ce22fd7f-ffcd-4177-803d-e47fa3fe201d/ArmenianNeedlelaceInitiative01BW.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b2dba46e-5c80-4ef8-8e1a-a6a1b0e98c50/ArmenianNeedlelaceBedrosian02BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/3f7c483b-9d84-45bf-a6e2-b912800a7fe7/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi01BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/9a2f3223-c597-4ea1-9506-bedef31f390f/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian04BW.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1730319733538-GM1DN60KAKOH05C6NCSH/KnaladaNeedlelace01BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1753284502612-H5PA3HAM9QIZO6NDM0VX/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian01BW.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d7f42ee3-de8a-402c-9e09-79065dd6521b/ArmenianNeedlelaceEliseYoussoufian02BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/e054e8ca-442e-4fea-af97-10c4d4cb402f/ArmenianNeedlelaceBookAliceOdianKasparian01BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/5277d1af-4857-443f-9369-d1131efa13d5/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian01BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/connect daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ae2943fc-ee76-4ec8-bf81-17dde3efe1ae/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi07BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/c6b04081-50be-4c1b-a309-9c096c3b8fec/ArmenianNeedlelaceInitiativeCofounders01Color.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/about-elise-youssoufian daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/23fb0eb1-231e-47ee-8c72-7c8dd901ea0b/DedeianFamily1.jpg Elise Youssoufian Bio Elise Youssoufian’s great-grandmother Ovsanna Dedeian (née Chaparian, far right, holding Elise’s then-infant mother) with her second husband (center), five daughters, and two of her grandchildren (far right), Beirut, 1947. Ovsanna and her eldest daughter—Elise Y.'s grandmother, Elise Matossian (back row, right of center, whose father had been killed when she was a baby)—were genocide survivors, and highly skilled needleworkers, like Elise M.'s younger siblings. Moments after this photo was taken, Ovsanna left Beirut by sea with her husband and two youngest daughters (front left and center), bound for Soviet Armenia’s decades-long one-way door. Photo: © Elise Youssoufian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1768245252662-ZBYK5Y2TD3TZ648LBC4D/DedeianFamily2.jpg Elise Youssoufian Bio Elise Youssoufian's grandmother, Elise Matossian (née Dedeian), holding her then-two-month-old daughter, Elise Y.'s mother, Beirut, Lebanon, 1947. When Elise M. succumbed to cancer a decade later, her orphaned children—whose father had already passed away—were sent to Southern California to live with the older Armenian couples who adopted them, and who were themselves genocide survivors. In her birthplace of Antioch (present-day Antakya, Turkey), and in the Beirut neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud where the family found refuge, Elise Matossian was a highly regarded seamstress and embroiderer, especially sought after for intricate bridal garments and trousseau work. Photo: © Elise Youssoufian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d0668507-9e5b-4092-abed-adea48456837/PapazianFamily1.jpg Elise Youssoufian Bio Elise Youssoufian's great-grandmother Arousiag Papazian (née Bodikian, center, holding Elise’s father as a child) surrounded by four of her five daughters (including Elise's grandmother Alice, back row, second from right), sons-in-law (including Elise's grandfather Ohannes Youssoufian, back row, far right), and grandchildren (including her eldest granddaughter, Aroussiac Shamlian, front, center), Cairo, ca. 1942. Greatly beloved, Arousiag passed away in mid-1950s Cairo with much of her family near, soon before they fled North Africa in the wake of hostilities toward non-Arab, non-Muslim citizens. Over time, all of Arousiag's relations—except Elise's grandparents—were able to reunite in Southern California. Arousiag, who survived genocide with her daughters intact, was known for her calm, philosophical mind, her green thumb, and her fine needlework. Photo: © Elise Youssoufian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/9fccd5e1-6191-4aee-a9f4-beecb1cbfbd5/PapazianFamily2BW.jpg Elise Youssoufian Bio Elise Youssoufian's beloved կնքամայր (godmother), Aroussiac Bedrosian (née Shamlian), at the age of eighteen, with her mother, Zabel Shamlian (née Papazian), Cairo, 1949. This photo marks a pivotal moment in the Papazian family line, as mother and daughter knew they might be parted forever. Aroussiac bid farewell to her cherished mother, brother, grandmother, aunts, and cousins in Cairo when gifted an opportunity to visit relatives in Southern California who had found refuge there, post genocide. During the visit, she fell in love with and married Thomas Bedrosian, with whom she built a vibrant family life and church community. In the mid 1950s, after her grandmother, Arousiag Papazian (Elise's great-grandmother), passed away in Cairo, Aroussiac was at last reunited with her mother, who relocated to Los Angeles and stayed by her daughter's side until the end of her days. Both were known for their warm hospitality and their artistry with needle and thread. Photo: © Bedrosian Family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/9695058f-47f7-4521-8324-709b4f702bd5/ArmenianNeedlelaceEliseYoussoufian08Color.jpg Elise Youssoufian Bio - Make it stand out Elise Youssoufian making needlelace amid the ruins of a twelfth-century Armenian church, Anavarza Castle, Adana Province, Turkey, 2025. Photo credit: © Georgi Anahid Bargamian 2025. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/about-our-origin-story daily 0.75 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ff344796-3cb5-4785-84be-b7ef93eb4b0b/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli02BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/cbac5874-8952-4ec9-b8d5-2ce78ffd850e/strawberrycreek.jpg Our Origin Story - Make it stand out Strawberry Creek, Berkeley, California, 2022. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/resources-references daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/e054e8ca-442e-4fea-af97-10c4d4cb402f/ArmenianNeedlelaceBookAliceOdianKasparian01BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/4d70d7dc-8b5a-4cde-8141-98964da948a7/ArmenianEmbroideryBook01Color.jpg References - Make it stand out Cover of the 1999 book Armenian Embroidery: Echoes from the Past. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/resources-exhibitions daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/75509d2c-1ec1-4448-9695-8462a535bc30/FowlerMuseum01BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/e04d01b0-286f-4dc4-be80-48c25958efcc/FowlerMuseum02Color.jpg Recent Exhibitions - Make it stand out Marie Pilibossian, needlelace doily. Janyak: Armenian Art of Knots and Loops, 2023. Photograph credit: © Don Cole, courtesy of the Fowler Museum of Cultural History. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/poems daily 0.75 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/20238ec1-8063-47ea-b025-6337b32237e4/ArmenianNeedlelaceEliseYoussoufian09BW.jpg Poetry Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ddbc880a-ef63-447d-b28d-8ef23c56dcc6/ArmenianNeedlelaceYoungMaker01BW.jpg Poetry Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1753284502612-H5PA3HAM9QIZO6NDM0VX/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian01BW.png Poetry Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1768245252662-ZBYK5Y2TD3TZ648LBC4D/DedeianFamily2.jpg Poetry Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ce22fd7f-ffcd-4177-803d-e47fa3fe201d/ArmenianNeedlelaceInitiative01BW.png Poetry Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/f8428d44-18d3-4354-9308-535ba304eb4c/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli18BW.jpg Poetry Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d590e47b-8bb0-46b8-adb6-e799eea204cd/RuzannaHanesyan06BW.jpeg Poetry Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1753284502612-H5PA3HAM9QIZO6NDM0VX/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian01BW.png https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/about-deborah-valoma daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1747881929715-KDCWLG8A8VZ7VTT657ZI/AshodianFamily1.jpg Deborah Valoma Bio Ashodian Family, Sinamoud district of Kharpert, Armenian Highlands, present-day Turkey, ca. 1893. (left to right) Deborah's great-grandmother Yeghsapet Ashodian, her first husband (first name unknown), daughter Manushak, mother Altoun, brother Baghdasar, and sister-in-law Yeghsapet. Her husband, daughter, and mother perished in the Hamidian Massacres (1894–1896). Photo: © Deborah Valoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1747881902443-BYI1PFVICVXB0KPHCRKO/MargritVarteresian1.jpg Deborah Valoma Bio Margrit Varteresian, photograph taken at the Sursurian Studios, Kharpert, Armenian Highlands, present-day Turkey, ca. 1908. Bride photograph taken before her arranged marriage to Hamparsoum Sohigian in the United States. Her father, mother, and sister did not survive the Armenian Genocide (1915–1923). Photo: © Deborah Valoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1767293824720-WHSLWCUVSNIR43JU03CZ/MagarianFarm1.jpg Deborah Valoma Bio Magarian farm, Fresno Colony, California, ca. 1914. Yeghsapet Ashodian Magarian seated (center) surrounded by her father David (right), husband Garabed (left), and five sons. Deborah's grandfather Masick Magarian stands third from the left. Photo: © Deborah Valoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1748185392260-CGP8RSE914YY68KXSIE5/SohigianFarm1.jpg Deborah Valoma Bio Sohigian farm, Fresno Colony, California, ca. 1915. Margrit Varteresian Sohigian seated (center), her first born daughter—Deborah's grandmother Sara—seated in front of her. Both were expert needleworkers, including needlelace. Photo: © Deborah Valoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1b6fa9a9-ea62-468e-b3a8-7f6ebd1f5506/DeborahValoma01.jpg Deborah Valoma Bio - Make it stand out Deborah Valoma standing in front of a structure in Hussenig (present-day Ulukent), Turkey, the ancestral village of her grandfather Hamparsoum Sohigian who emigrated to the United States in 1890. Photo credit: © Ezgi Kılınçaslan 2025. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/collections-care daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/f8df4e9c-40d6-4026-8655-12d257575349/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli13BW.jpg Collection Care https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1517fa18-ca8d-435e-a520-ee9899ff58c0/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian03BW.jpg Collection Care https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/434d45d8-7dc9-4ced-9412-94645f1aba0a/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian16BW.jpeg Collection Care https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d77c0cbc-708d-43fe-8a3f-55ca2229d3ac/ArmenianHandworkWashingDV1BW.jpg Collection Care https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d77c0cbc-708d-43fe-8a3f-55ca2229d3ac/ArmenianHandworkWashingDV1BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/needlelace-on-needlelace daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b2dba46e-5c80-4ef8-8e1a-a6a1b0e98c50/ArmenianNeedlelaceBedrosian02BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/58d8bf90-b431-427a-b326-a6e5d19ab235/AseghnagortsKhachkarGoshavank.jpg On Needlelace - Make it stand out Image 1. Master Poghos, Khachkar (cross-stone), known as Aseghnagorts (Needlework), Goshavank Monastery, Tavush Province, Armenia, 1291. UNESCO World Heritage Site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/dbe20a4d-ebe1-4b51-92f3-2abf0f9d98e9/GassiaArubani.jpg On Needlelace - Make it stand out Image 2. Bronze statuette of the local deity Arubani, eighth to seventh centuries BCE, found in the vicinity of Van, in the collection of the History Museum of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia. Photo credit: © Gassia Armenian 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/02dcc56e-d994-4d8c-8f22-374e1adef5b1/GarinOrphansPS01BW On Needlelace - Make it stand out Image 3. “Armenian Girl's School Needlework Class,” Garin (present-day Erzurum), Turkey, ca. 1910. Armenian students display their accomplishments in needlework class at the American missionary school for girls. Photo credit @ Project Save Photograph Archive. For more detailed information see Object ID L1983.022.01. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d84050d5-60bd-456b-9847-9bb190c446c1/HistoricArmeniaMap.jpg On Needlelace - Make it stand out Image 4. Historic Armenian kingdoms (present-day eastern Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, as well as parts of northwestern Syria and Iran, western Azerbaijan, and southern Georgia). Map from Britannica’s “History of Armenia” entry (via Britannica.com). https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/instruction-videos daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/support daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/fe4858e9-b768-4f9f-bd54-2e860025c167/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli04BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/resources-organizations daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/0a5387d4-c2fc-4db4-a72e-90017f3cf562/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli16BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/instruction-texts daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/3e2f5496-ad9a-4db6-b959-902674e1e8a7/ArmenianNeedllaceBookNouvartTashjian01BW.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/7aa53199-1991-4545-a222-e4f543f1756c/ArmenianNeedlelaceBookLusineMkhitaryan01Color.jpg Instructional Texts - Make it stand out Cover of Lusine Mkhitaryan’s 2018 book Armenian Needle Lace: Master Classes. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/about-our-mission daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ccddd4eb-31e5-43bc-9733-d89edc0bfc48/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi02BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/41558a4b-9374-4cab-b716-0e2de4998703/ArmenianNeedlelaceInitiative01Color.jpg Our Mission - Make it stand out Armenian needlelace doily from the collection of Aroussiac Bedrosian (b. Kadıköy, Istanbul, 1936; d. Los Angeles, California, 2024), given to her goddaughter Elise Youssoufian by Aroussiac’s daughters after her passing. 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Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2019. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/instruction-tserakordz-circle daily 0.75 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d7f42ee3-de8a-402c-9e09-79065dd6521b/ArmenianNeedlelaceEliseYoussoufian02BW.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b81f3ef9-f4e9-4680-af62-4ddafb365564/ArmenianNeedlelaceStudents01Color.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/instruction-teachers daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1730229003098-V0R369W5MO3MR4WLVVXP/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian15BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/projects daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ff0f9eac-e382-4e71-97b5-511cadfa7ec9/ArmenianNeedlelaceSandTracing01BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/armenian-needlelace-initiative daily 1.0 2026-03-20 https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/needlelace-pattern daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/79efb687-ca83-491c-94d7-b2ad349d2a90/ArmenianNeedlelaceBookAliceOdianKasparian02BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/page-not-found daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/needlelace-thread daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/bdc0ef75-7924-476c-aa52-eafba6a204a4/CottonBollsBW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/about-on-language daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/939571b7-e9bd-49fb-a2e8-cb8f0f9331ba/ArmenianNeedlelaceBookAliceOdianKasparian03BW.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/954c81dd-20dc-493d-b810-d93e504283dc/ArmenianAlphabet01Color.png On Language - Make it stand out Image 1. Unknown maker, Armenian alphabet embroidered via traditional cross-stitch from Svaz (present-day Sivas, Turkey), probably made in Beirut, Lebanon, date unknown. On display at a restaurant in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Elise Youssoufian 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1838250a-b1ca-4fe7-94b6-449acbcca53c/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli01ColorRotated.png On Language - Make it stand out Image 2. Mari Silahli, large needlelace doily (one of a set of two) with ՄՈՒՍԱ ԼԵՌ (Musa Ler) stitched in Armenian (a.k.a., Musa Dagh in Turkish), Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Made in 2015 to commemorate her birthplace and ancestral home, a mountainous region known for its beauty and its people’s resistance to annihilation during the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923). Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/3f7c483b-9d84-45bf-a6e2-b912800a7fe7/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi01BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/elise-youssoufian monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/0da11a3e-4d35-40b3-9db8-c3a18e611da2/ArmenianNeedlelaceEliseYoussoufian04Color.jpg Makers Portfolio - elise youssoufian Elise Youssoufian, Everything Inside, 2025. Cyanotype on cotton fabric, one of three in a series weaving ancestral works with Elise's own poetry and needlelace creations, UCSF Art for Recovery SFMOMA Gallery (San Francisco, 2025–2026). Photo credit: © Elise Youssoufian 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/e2a4ff90-19d5-4efe-ab4a-2288ea7087a6/ArmenianNeedlelaceEliseYoussoufian05Color.jpg Makers Portfolio - elise youssoufian Elise Youssoufian, 2020. Assorted needlelace ornaments and medallions, one inch to four inches in diameter. During the fall 2020 war in Artsakh (a.k.a., Nagorno-Karabakh), the rainbow-hued ornaments were among dozens made to support humanitarian aid for indigenous Armenians enduring violent dispossession, death, and destruction. The ecru medallions, made before the war, were based upon tiny works made by children orphaned in the Armenian Genocide (1915–1923) who were taught the art as a means of survival. Photo credit: © Elise Youssoufian 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/5560d960-4f60-4eb9-a01a-da20a8ee17d3/ArmenianNeedlelaceEliseYoussoufian03Color.jpg Makers Portfolio - elise youssoufian Elise Youssoufian, Cosmos, 2025. Armenian needlelace doily in progress. With a symbol of eternity and Elise's matrilineal lands holding its center, this piece began during the traditional Blessing of the Grapes in the Armenian village of Vakıflı, in Musaler (a.k.a., Musa Dagh), in present-day Turkey, near the Syrian border and the Mediterranean Sea. On journeys from there through historic Armenia all the way to Lake Van, and back to the San Francisco Bay Area, this work-in-progress continues growing with mountains and rainbows rising. Photo credit: © Elise Youssoufian 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b3709397-f1c5-4597-987e-ca7622d63bb6/ArmenianNeedlelaceEliseYoussoufian06Color.jpg Makers Portfolio - elise youssoufian Elise Youssoufian, Ancestors, 2020. Armenian needlelace works. These creations served as a source of spiritual support and comfort during the early days of COVID-19 chaos and isolation. Photo credit: © Elise Youssoufian 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/a63b6c61-ec6c-44dd-863b-ee20e4712df7/ArmenianNeedlelaceEliseYoussoufian07Color.jpg Makers Portfolio - elise youssoufian Elise Youssoufian, Seven Months, 2020-2021. Large needlelace doily. To help Elise stay present amid chaotic intersections of COVID-19, war, and uprisings against injustice, Elise experimented with her then-budding needlelace skills, bringing together traditional patterns and improvised designs, to complete this piece just in time to travel back to Armenia for an artist residency. For safe keeping, Elise gave this work to her sister in the United States soon before the journey. Photo credit: © Elise Youssoufian 2021. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/deborah-valoma monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1770009790395-AJEHO8AGOV9R8VHV271U/IMG_2521.jpg Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma, first Armenian needlelace piece, diminutive in size and devoid of pattern, stitched with decades-old cotton thread inherited from her grandmother Sara Sohigian Magarian. "I could see the movements of her hands in my own as I made each knot, those choreographies in miniature." Photo credit: @ Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d9da1298-199a-410c-ab57-4e97c1b50e8f/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma01Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma, 10,000 Stitches with No Goal, 2022. Armenian needlelace. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2022. Quote from the artist: "Instead of the traditional patterns of Armenian needlelace—mountains, honeycombs, seeds—my attention is drawn to gesture and materiality. To the dance of my hands, the bite of the thread, the curve of the stitch, the tension of the knot. This is an exercise of sensation and memory. There is no objective, no pattern, no object in the making. No meaning other than inhabiting the repetition of movement of my foremothers." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/685f20c6-4717-4d91-938a-d44cff5d69b7/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma11BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma, 10,000 Stitches with No Goal, 2022. Armenian needlelace (detail). Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/9e102d00-69c3-4288-a9d6-c82e3e8176f2/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma05BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma. Untitled, 2022. Armenian needlelace, repeat pattern created through digital manipulation. Photo: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ea70d11b-220f-4f50-bca4-c561be628302/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma06BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma. Untitled, 2022. Armenian needlelace, repeat pattern created through digital manipulation. Photo: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/f9680974-cd28-4e11-9bb4-614f922f5002/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma02BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma. Untitled, 2022. Armenian needlelace, repeat pattern created through digital manipulation. Photo: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/8de6806f-14cb-4652-a81c-b2b28ef1ac06/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma12BW.jpg Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma, 10,000 Stitches with No Goal, 2022. Armenian needlelace (detail). Photo: credit © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/959caaa2-7321-4cc3-8aae-a5ebf0268d31/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma07BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma. Untitled, 2022. Armenian needlelace, repeat pattern created through digital manipulation. Photo: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/678a8413-6fe6-4c64-9c38-3607c0087453/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma08BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma. Untitled, 2022. Armenian needlelace, repeat pattern created through digital manipulation. Photo: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/baba9721-871e-40bf-b39b-30c5994e80bf/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma03BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma. Untitled, 2022. Armenian needlelace, repeat pattern created through digital manipulation. Photo: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/19beefc7-b2e0-4dc6-be82-e70d713ccf3f/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma13BW.jpeg Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma, 10,000 Stitches with No Goal, 2022. Armenian needlelace (detail). Photo: credit © Deborah Valoma, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/fcf8ec9a-a7ec-4608-98ee-72e0de2c115d/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma09BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma. Untitled, 2022. Armenian needlelace, repeat pattern created through digital manipulation. Photo: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/db9f2495-5971-40de-ac5e-9d4efc853347/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma10BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma. Untitled, 2022. Armenian needlelace, repeat pattern created through digital manipulation. Photo: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/0d344f50-c31a-4fa4-8473-f44807b8362c/ArmenianNeedlelaceDeborahValoma04BW.png Makers Portfolio - deborah valoma Deborah Valoma. Untitled, 2022. Armenian needlelace, repeat pattern created through digital manipulation. Photo: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/mari-silahli monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/6d6b4b0d-81ae-462e-8c68-c57796fc4169/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli03Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli displaying her needlelace, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey, 2023. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/5c340e20-c00f-4228-98df-3592236c22d7/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli01Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, large needlelace doily (one of a set of two) with ՄՈՒՍԱ ԼԵՌ (Musa Ler) stitched in Armenian (a.k.a., Musa Dagh in Turkish), Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/891e51c5-d0e7-487d-a5da-929dd9e9e3da/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli05Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, large needlelace doily (one of a set of two, detail) with ՄՈՒՍԱ ԼԵՌ (Musa Ler) stitched in Armenian (a.k.a., Musa Dagh in Turkish), Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/7b396587-8318-49b9-9705-557b0ff2d175/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli06Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, needlelace table runner, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1767412994108-AA9IP4XW9H1IAALRDO6T/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli07ColorCropped.jpg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli's home, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey, 2025. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/876e8ea8-5afd-4503-910f-25df84fd64a5/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli08Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, needlelace inset, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/8618763c-5ae4-484b-bded-a918a7e72be1/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli04Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli inspecting Elise Youssoufian's needlelace, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey, 2024. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b2bef1f7-cc5f-4f1c-b501-e88b2a51c7cd/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli09Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, large needlelace doily, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d52499ef-e260-4041-a850-a635e2e8ea70/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli10Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, large needlelace doily (detail), Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/9b2a9530-05ee-4c6f-a3de-c0873bdc9fe2/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli11Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, large needlelace doily (detail), Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b6d853e5-1573-455b-b6f3-b4e8484f9334/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli12Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, needlelace doily, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b897b431-6cf8-4d11-9a73-1a7222aadf6a/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli13Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, needlelace doily, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey (detail). Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b3782ed2-5073-486b-8c79-153df2116f22/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli14Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, needlelace doily (detail), Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/2b5a5bf7-a97b-41e3-9c84-77e02ec606f6/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli15Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, needlelace doily, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/3eca87aa-2a4d-4575-b60b-d6a9fbf7131a/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli16Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, needlelace doily (detail), Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/a158b622-e0f1-49fd-9920-f4c58444093a/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli02Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, needlelace doily, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d11c9134-eb8c-4a3e-9712-44282cf65307/ArmenianNeedlelaceMariSilahli17Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mari silahli Mari Silahli, needlelace cross, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/ruzanna-hanesyan monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/04f9dd6a-b97c-4f3d-8ff9-5831f952fa6d/RuzannaHanesyan01Color.JPG Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, assemblage with lace; Soviet silk thread, birthing chair, indigo dyed clay; Pasadena, CA, 2021. Made in memory of her grandmother, Ruzanna, with her cherished silk threads. Photo credit: © Johnny Perez 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/41a14a07-e7b6-4a83-936b-6a424ebd2c8b/RuzannaHanesyan03Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, process photo of lace hand sculpture series; metallic thread, stone, plexiglass; Pasadena, CA, 2024. Photo credit: © Ruzanna Hanesyan 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/a61ce3a2-0604-4a9b-aac3-5cec616d8a2c/RuzannaHanesyan04Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, artwork with lace; metallic thread, print on vintage fabric; Pasadena, CA, 2024. During Hanesyan's Antoinette Adams residency at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, she developed a series of works that explore alternative worlds through the lens/photo transfers and her needlelace practice. Exhibited at ArtCenter College of Design and mi526 event "Bloom." Photo credit: © Ruzanna Hanesyan 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d47d732b-ea3c-448f-b9da-9ce5ff43fb53/RuzannaHanesyan05Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, linen print with lace, metallic thread, Pasadena, CA, 2024. Family photo transfer of Ruzanna's grandmother Anahit and her siblings. Photo credit: © Ruzanna Hanesyan 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/abd5fb88-b64b-4507-aedf-03dbcf915ae4/RuzannaHanesyan06Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, lace hand sculpture, metallic thread, Pasadena, CA, 2024. Photo credit: © Ruzanna Hanesyan 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/97ea5af6-2883-4648-a7f3-21fc58f7157e/RuzannaHanesyan10Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, self-portrait with lace; metallic thread, print on linen; Pasadena, CA, 2024. First exhibited at the mi526 event "Bloom," and sold. Photo credit: © Ruzanna Hanesyan 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/6339cc6b-e101-42af-aa13-bcd125aa7fc1/RuzannaHanesyan02Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, lace sculpture of the artist's feet; metallic thread, stone, plexiglass; Pasadena, CA, 2024. First exhibited at the mi526 event "Bloom." Photo credit: © Ruzanna Hanesyan 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/165418a1-b611-4ab4-96ed-dc3d9d450453/RuzannaHanesyan07Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, process photo of lace toes sculpture, cotton thread, Pasadena, CA, 2024. First exhibited at the mi526 event "Bloom." Photo credit: © Ruzanna Hanesyan 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/c8d0f3ad-c78c-41a3-98e6-dfb3cd7b21f4/RuzannaHanesyan08Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, lace sculpture of the artist's feet; metallic thread, stone, plexiglass; Pasadena, CA, 2024. First exhibited at the mi526 event "Bloom." Photo credit: © Ruzanna Hanesyan 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/7dd43c05-e190-4f2a-bd4d-5581b20eec49/RuzannaHanesyan09Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - ruzanna hanesyan Ruzanna Hanesyan, lace sculpture of the artist's feet; plexiglass, clay, metallic and cotton thread; Pasadena, CA, 2024. Ruzanna notes: "the footprints suggest a journey or migration, exploration of identity, memory, and the connection to home." First exhibited at the mi526 event "Bloom." Photo credit: © Laura Hull 2024. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/armine-atoyan monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/4a73182b-60c1-4776-90e7-9fbdd4e76741/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan01Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ՎԵՐԱԾՆՈՒՆԴ (Rebirth), wire, needlelace, crochet lace, cotton and polyester thread, plastic rings, Armenia, 2023. «Ժանյակները գործվել են երեք ամիս։ Այն ներկայացվել է «Թելից դեպի հյուսվածք․ նյութի փոխակերպման ճանապարհը» «Katapult Pavilion» էքսպոյի ԺԱԻ տաղավարում՝ Հայ Արտ մշակութային կենտրոնում։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/cf9c07fc-6f37-4bb8-bf13-1085614f3c2b/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan02Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ՎԵՐԱԾՆՈՒՆԴ (Rebirth, detail), wire, needlelace, crochet lace, cotton and polyester thread, plastic rings, Armenia, 2023. Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/a3a7d271-698d-4d84-8557-4226a2d45559/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan03Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan (maker and model), ՅՈԹ ՄԱՀԱՑՈՒ ՄԵՂՔԵՐԸ ԵՎ ՕՐԸ (The Seven Deadly Sins and the Day), needlelace, crochet lace, bobbin lace, wire, cotton fabric and thread, Armenia, 2025. «Ամեն օր մենք կրում ենք այդ շղթան և անտեսում նրա ազդեցությունը։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/189621b4-b38e-46e4-8daf-0417eaa62f29/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan04Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ՏԻԵԶԵՐՔԸ ԿՆՈՋ ՄԵՋ 396 hz (The Universe in Woman: 396 hz), needlelace, cotton thread, Armenia, 2020. Կանացի լռությունից դեպի խոսք։ «Կինը դառնում է կենդանի մետաֆոր՝ անսահման տարածության՝ իր մեջ կրելով անցյալն ու ապագան։ Տիեզերքի ամենամեծ պարգևը կինն է։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/564b175a-8cf0-4f32-83b7-d6425f59aa3a/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan05Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ԱՇԽԱՐՀԸ ԳՐԿԱԾ (The World Embraced), needlelace, silk thread, Armenia. «Կոմիտասը, գրկելով աշխարհը, որպես երաժշտության անվերջ շրջապտույտ, քայլում է գյուղից գյուղ։ Եվ այդ շրջապտույտում ձայնը միշտ վերածնվում է։ Ասեղնագործ ժանյակների հանգույցները խորհրդանշում են այն ամուր կապերը, որոնք Վարդապետը ստեղծեց ժողովրդի և արվեստի միջև։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/aab37a73-a810-4b8c-9b42-6764b1935c1b/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan06Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ՆԱՄԱԿ Էս Էլ Ես Եմ, needlelace, silk thread, Armenia, 2025. «Կոմիտաս Վարդապետի նամակը Մարգարիտ Բաբայանին 1907 թ․ փետրվարի 7, Փարիզ։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/7f653b3c-6584-422e-8193-f75eacb565cd/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan07Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ԿՈՄԻՏԱՍ ՎԱՐԴԱՊԵՏ (Komitas Vardapet (Eastern Armenian) / Gomidas Vartabed (Western Armenian)), needlelace, silk thread, Armenia, 2018. «Մետաքսի նրբությունը հիշեցնում է մոռացված երգերը։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/333f47a4-b444-4902-bf32-e29c022992aa/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan08Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ԿՈՄԻՏԱՍ ՎԱՐԴԱՊԵՏ (Komitas Vardapet (Eastern Armenian) / Gomidas Vartabed (Western Armenian), detail), needlelace, silk thread, Armenia, 2018. Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/43582874-1a14-4aea-91ba-841acfb83576/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan09Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ԱՆՄԱՀՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՈՒՂԻՆ (The Path to Immortality), wire, needlelace, cotton thread, Armenia, 2024. «Աշխատանքը ներկայացվել է Today Art Initiative ՀԿ-ի կողմից կազմակերպված «Պարիաներ» նախագծի խմբային ցուցահանդեսին՝ Չարենցի տուն-թանգարանում: Ցուցահանդեսը «Պարիաներ. Ներկայացնելով եվրոպայի պատմական հիշողությունը» ստեղծագործական-հետազոտական նախագծի մաս է:» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/37645f3e-bbbb-4ed6-9b89-a5adfd0009b0/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan10Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ԱՆՄԱՀՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՈՒՂԻՆ (The Path to Immortality, detail), wire, needlelace, cotton thread, Armenia, 2024. Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b45ebf5a-228f-4fe4-899c-d0f7a8652f48/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan11Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ԳՐԻԳՈՐ ՆԱՐԵԿԱՑԻ (Grigor Narekatsi (Eastern Armenian) / Krikor Naregatsi (Western Armenian)), embroidery, needlelace, silk thread, Armenia, 2025. «Օգնի՛ր թեւաւոր քո աղօթքներով, ո՜վ խոստովանուած մայրդ ողջերի, Որ երբ դուրս ելնեմ այս երկրի հովտից, Առանց տանջալից չարչարանքների գնամ դէպի կեանք, Դէպի պատրաստուած օթեւաններդ:» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/e6120267-3648-4ca5-acd5-f5c5c0a280c5/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan12Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ՈՒՐԻՇԻ ԴԵՄՔԸ - Կոբո Աբեի համանուն վեպի (The Face of Another - from the novel of the same name by Kobo Abe), needlelace, acrylic paint, Armenia, 2023. «Աշխատանքը ցոըցադրվել է < > խմբակային ցուցահանդեսին Նիկողոսյան հիմնադրամում Թանգարանային գիշերվա շրջանակում։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/3ac653d2-98f1-453d-96c1-cdc8aad68900/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan13Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ԱՆՁՐԵՎՆԵՐԻ ՏՈՆ - Աշոտ Ավդալյանի համանուն բանաստեղծության (Rain Festival - from the poem of the same name by Ashot Avdalyan), needlelace, silk thread, Armenia, 2021. «Մաքրվող ու թեթևացող փխրունությամբ է ծնվում գեղեցկությունը։ Պարիր անձրևի հետ։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ce99035a-2e0b-4266-986d-c99e9dda0940/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan14Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ՀԱՏԱԿՈՒՄ - Մաքսիմ Գորկու համանուն պիեսի (Floor - from the poem of the same name by Ashot Avdalyan), needlelace, embroidery, silk thread, Armenia, 2021. «Աշխատանքում օգտագործվել է մետաղալար, մետաքսյա թելեր։ Ասեղնագործ Ապոլոն թիթեռնիկը խորհրդանշում է մարդու հոգին՝ անաղարտ ու վերացող։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/628cebc2-3d17-4c05-9129-aa9636e597ae/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan15Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ՀԱՏԱԿՈՒՄ - Մաքսիմ Գորկու համանուն պիեսի (Floor - from the poem of the same name by Ashot Avdalyan, detail), needlelace, embroidery, silk thread, Armenia, 2019. Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/990e3fdf-6a6f-4f5a-b078-e59a4de6d662/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan16Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ԵՐԵԿ, ԱՅՍՕՐ, ՎԱՂԸ - Ուպանիշադներ (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow - Upanishads), lace collage, embroidery, acrylic paint, Armenia, 2019. Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/fe899395-c98a-4763-a71b-8e254acdcee6/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan17Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, Աներևույթ վիշապը (The Invisible Dragon), needlelace, Armenia, 2019. «Լևոն Խեչոյանի պատմվածքները հողային են, որոնց հիման վրա էլ ստեղծված են այս տիկնիկը։ Մենք ապրում ենքանդադար սոված հոգիների աշխարհում՝ անծայրածիր ցանկացող և երբեք չբավարարվող․․․» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/bd272c87-0a98-48c6-89a1-2116a808eef0/ArmenianNeedlelaceArmineAtoyan18Color.png Makers Portfolio - armine atoyan Armine Atoyan, ԺԱՆՅԱԿԻ ԾՆՈՒՆԴԸ (The Birth of Lace), wood, needlelace, silk thread, Armenia, 2017 and 2025. «Ձեր միջի երեխային տեսեք ինչպես մաքրության սիմվոլ։ Նա իրական կերպարն է այն մարդու, որը մենք կանք։ Դա այն մարդն է, ով սիրում է հոգ տանել առանց կասկածանքի։ Մի կորցրեք այդ երեխային, այլապես կկորցնեք իրականության դուռը։» Photo: © Armine Atoyan 2025. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/linda-oral-sener monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/bdd66925-889c-4f4b-810f-3fa587465174/ArmenianNeedlelaceLindaOralSener04Color.png Makers Portfolio - linda oral şener Linda Oral Şener, needlelace doily, Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey. Photo: © Linda Oral Şener 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/daa27a24-5f6e-4904-bb00-28c4e8916e56/ArmenianNeedlelaceLindaOralSener08Color.png Makers Portfolio - linda oral şener Linda Oral Şener, colorful beaded needlelace earrings, Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey. Photo: © Linda Oral Şener 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/f19acb3e-4135-4e85-9d50-3d3019c33e47/ArmenianNeedlelaceLindaOralSener01Color.png Makers Portfolio - linda oral şener Linda Oral Şener, cross-shaped needlelace bookmarks, Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey. Photo: © Linda Oral Şener 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/899173aa-99df-42a4-8eb6-707740cc2e0d/ArmenianNeedlelaceLindaOralSener06Color.png Makers Portfolio - linda oral şener Linda Oral Şener, colorful crocheted and beaded necklace with needlelace pendant, Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey. Photo: © Linda Oral Şener 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/c187d649-bb07-45f6-ae05-c9656e895172/ArmenianNeedlelaceLindaOralSener05Color.png Makers Portfolio - linda oral şener Linda Oral Şener, needlelace earrings, Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey. Photo: © Linda Oral Şener 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/6c81b9c4-cb6e-442f-bb50-06363f59ff70/ArmenianNeedlelaceLindaOralSener07Color.png Makers Portfolio - linda oral şener Linda Oral Şener, colorful crocheted and beaded necklace with needlelace pendant, Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey. Photo: © Linda Oral Şener 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/478d1a90-d26c-45df-b5a6-aba847c5a2e6/ArmenianNeedlelaceLindaOralSener02Color.png Makers Portfolio - linda oral şener Linda Oral Şener, cross-shaped needlelace bookmarks, Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey. Photo: © Linda Oral Şener 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/2f50d1d9-9088-4792-aba3-29adc28f3c42/ArmenianNeedlelaceLindaOralSener03Color.png Makers Portfolio - linda oral şener Linda Oral Şener, embroidered handkerchief with needlelace trim, Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey. Photo: © Linda Oral Şener 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/66c7bac2-7240-46c1-96be-c010d875fad8/ArmenianNeedlelaceLindaOralSener09Color.png Makers Portfolio - linda oral şener Linda Oral Şener, crocheted eyeglass chains with floral needlelace motifs, Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey. Photo: © Linda Oral Şener 2026. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/mikayla-kurkjian monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/85a6c8f5-b86e-4113-a7d3-b7cb33fb6256/MikaylaKurkjian13Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, small needlelace doily, Maryland, 2022. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/0312f1da-d028-4bf1-99e7-58ab11fba296/MikaylaKurkjian07Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, large needlelace doily doily, Maryland, 2023. Received the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild Special Award in the 2023 Maryland State Fair. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/095c9e9f-c33e-491e-82a3-301d9b77a0ed/MikaylaKurkjian04Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, small needlelace doily, Maryland, 2023. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/fa6f3c07-59c4-44a9-a6e8-bbef4834d6ab/MikaylaKurkjian06Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, small needlelace doily, Maryland, 2024. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/4036df93-5f90-4d0e-9d67-b3e79b310c06/MikaylaKurkjian01Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, table linen with Aintab embroidery and needlelace trim, Maryland, 2024. Received the Anna Troyer Award at the 2024 Maryland State Fair. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/38400b71-267d-45eb-8834-ac38bd6f9ed0/MikaylaKurkjian02Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, table linen with Aintab embroidery and needlelace trim, Maryland, 2024 (detail of needlelace trim). Received the Anna Troyer Award at the 2024 Maryland State Fair. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/39c563bd-2cc0-46d8-b88a-eaeea73d3e5f/MikaylaKurkjian10Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, needlelace composition of one large and two small doilies, Maryland, 2024. Received the Judge's Choice Award at the 2025 Maryland State Fair. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/86fc1d01-0659-47ff-be16-a2b4210d841a/MikaylaKurkjian03Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, needlelace doily composition of one small doily surrounded by twelve circular medallions, Maryland, 2025. Received the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild Special Award in the 2025 Maryland State Fair. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/aea664f3-ed56-43d2-b163-7c4505ae69fc/MikaylaKurkjian09Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, My Grandmother Before Me, two small doilies mounted and framed, Maryland, 2025. A replication of Mikayla's grandmother's work, this piece was featured in "Threadlines," the 2025 SWANA Stitch group show for Portland Textile Month. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/129bc085-5013-4741-9d25-a3570de1a048/MikaylaKurkjian08Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian, My Grandmother Before Me, work in progress, eight completed and two unfinished medallions, a continuation of previous work based on Mikayla's grandmother's needlelace table cover. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/7aa341d4-41d8-4840-ae6e-7629fc8365bc/MikaylaKurkjian05Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mariam Kurkjian (Mikayla's grandmother), small needlelace table covering, provenance unknown, date unknown. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1773553061680-2P4VYPVA6XN3FRUG4ZF3/MikaylaKurkjian12Color.jpg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian Mikayla Kurkjian's great-grandmother Haiganoush Minassian (left), grandmother Mariam Kurkjian (center, and my great-aunt Vartouhi Kurkdjian (right), Brazil, ca. 1947. Photo: @ Mikayla Kurkjian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/79ea862b-0072-4bfa-ac0c-1677548816cf/MikaylaKurkjian11Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - mikayla kurkjian - Make it stand out Mikayla Kurkjian, drawings of spider patterns in bobbin lace and needlelace overlaid with pattern samples, 2024–2025. Mikayla is experimenting in overlapping needlelace and bobbin lace design elements. Photo credit: @ Mikayla Kurkjian 2025. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/emma-welty monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/maral-sheuhmelian monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/iskuhi-sarkisyan monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/ali-cat monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/makers/dzaghig-chitchi monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/f6401b89-3c3d-40c7-8332-0679634f2ae2/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi01Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - dzaghig chitchi Dzaghig Chitchi holding in-process doily, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey, 2024. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/c6b42b6b-3925-4b88-b510-c86d2b892624/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi04Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - dzaghig chitchi Dzaghig Chitchi and granddaughter Tais Nune Çitci Torosoğlu showing a needlelace table runner made for her granddaughter's trousseau, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkiye, 2023. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/003fa9df-0152-4e6d-812e-1a742002953a/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi02Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - dzaghig chitchi Dzaghig Chitchi displaying her needlelace work, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey, 2023. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/171b6587-e5a5-43fb-a8a8-b7798e59651b/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi05Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - dzaghig chitchi Dzaghig Chitchi, needlelace cross, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/db4f8750-24f9-4aa6-b2b2-c85614bcd3e9/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi06Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - dzaghig chitchi Dzaghig Chitchi, needlelace doily, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey, 2023. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/02fdf648-da49-435c-af40-0a41c09795b7/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi07Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - dzaghig chitchi Dzaghig Chitchi, needlelace trim, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d1ae8cd6-f09a-43be-9c95-a00b09ae2824/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigChitchi08Color.jpeg Makers Portfolio - dzaghig chitchi Dzaghig Chitchi, needlelace trim on kerchief, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/collections-private daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ffc1f712-21cd-4607-8bcd-083b6d067cb1/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian02BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/collections-private/azadig-bidanian monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/4637b137-945f-473b-9c4c-1850ea57d14a/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian05Color.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Unknown maker, needlelace, unknown location and date. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/04b121f3-7495-4c9b-a5a9-36fac8fa708a/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian06Color.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Unknown maker, needlelace, unknown location and date (detail). Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1766592296117-NBDR7GKO9MQMAL103D6V/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian07Color.jpg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Sara Stamboulian, needlelace collar, Anjar, Lebanon, ca. 1966. One of two made for Azadig and her sister Silva and presented on the occasion of their emigrating from Anjar, Lebanon to the United States. "Always two. One for me and one for my sister," commented Azadig. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1767375184374-XJ5BKA82DGHEZTZI0YBZ/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian08Color.jpg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Sara Stamboulian, needlelace collar (detail), Anjar, Lebanon, ca. 1966. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/aaa1eb45-a8f0-4b7d-9b0a-cc4f0946eb6f/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian09Color.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Martha Tashjian, double pillowcase with needlelace trim and whitework, Anjar, Lebanon, ca. 1950. Made and presented to Azadig's aunt Baidzar on the occasion of her arranged marriage, Anjar, Lebanon, 1950. Given to Azadig by Baidzar's daughter Salpy. The double-length of the pillow reflects the saying: Մէկ բարձի վրայ ծերանաք (Grow old on one pillow). Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1769978719288-3JJP180FD67X24JL99E4/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian04Color.jpg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Martha Tashjian, double pillowcase with needlelace trim and whitework (detail), Anjar, Lebanon, ca. 1950. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/13c1028f-5b64-4363-9fe3-6d16ec5cc11a/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian10Color.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Unknown maker, three matching needlelace diamond-shaped doilies, unknown location and date. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/c0b0ab2d-627b-49ae-b254-4f66bb889ef7/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian03Color.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Unknown maker, three matching needlelace diamond-shaped doilies (detail), unknown location and date (detail). Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1767394683266-5ZGPEFL749ZSPG50TRM8/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian11Color.jpg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Probably Baidzar Tashjian, Azadig Bidanian's uncle's wife, needlelace pillowcase trim, Anjar, Lebanon, ca. 1950s. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/faca6290-86bb-4ee6-8ef9-956ebc551cd3/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian02BW.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Probably Baidzar Tashjian, Azadig Bidanian's uncle's wife, needlelace pillowcase trim (detail), Anjar, Lebanon, ca. 1950s Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/44f0e2c4-7304-4040-b809-c30cc2bfc51c/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian12Color.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Sara Stamboulian, needlelace collar, Anjar, Lebanon, ca. 1966. One of two made for Azadig and her sister Silva and presented on the occasion of their emigrating from Anjar, Lebanon to the United States. "Always two. One for me and one for my sister," commented Azadig. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/a4f67b60-c4b1-465c-94f2-1a7c8529c722/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian01Color.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Unknown maker, twin needlelace doilies, Anjar, Lebanon, unknown date. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b9af8496-1551-4f24-a1b6-6ceba75adda9/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian14Color.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Unknown maker, needlelace crosses, unknown location, ca. 2001, the one on the left commemorating seventeen hundred years of Armenian Christianity. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/eea210a0-3d13-48d9-8327-21e861b93f0d/ArmenianNeedlelaceAzadigBidanian13Color.jpeg Private Collections - azadig bidanian collection Azadig Bidanian Collection. Unknown maker, needlelace crosses, unknown location and date. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2025. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/collections-private/sara-sohigian-magarian monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/995c4cc6-82d1-40db-9a2a-1ecf1ddf815c/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian03Color.jpeg Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Satinig Chopoorian, four needlelace-trimmed collars, Kharpert, Armenian Highlands, present-day Turkey, early 1910s. Deborah Valoma found these four collars in her grandmother's collection tucked into a handkerchief with a note describing their origins. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/386bd7de-d037-4461-bd30-59de03a4ab6b/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian02Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Satinig Chopoorian, four needlelace-trimmed collars, Kharpert, Armenian Highlands, present-day Turkey, early 1910s. These finely made lace-trimmed collars were sent to Sara Sohigian when she was a small child in Fresno by her first cousin Satinig Chopoorian while she was still a student at Euphrates College and right before she died on the death march to Aleppo. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/49b96e8b-3868-40df-a56e-136ca7216b86/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian04Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Satinig Chopoorian, four needlelace-trimmed collars with paper note stitched to one (detail), Kharpert, Armenian Highlands, present-day Turkey, early 1910s. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b6cf7799-0096-419e-a0b7-96855012b289/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian05Color.jpeg Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara's mother Margrit Varteresian Sohigian (attributed), twin needlelace pillowcase trims, Kenosha, Wisconsin or Fresno, California, early twentieth century. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1f93b904-bfcb-4264-9843-f7679098cab3/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian06Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara's mother Margrit Varteresian Sohigian, (attributed), two needlelace-trimmed silk handkerchiefs, Kenosha, Wisconsin or Fresno, California, early twentieth century. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/da3cafcc-44ee-4747-9ec2-55805f9bbb67/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian07Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara Sohigian Magarian, child's cotton apron with needlelace trim, Fresno, California, ca. 1916–1918. Sara's note states: "My hand work as a child. Apron and edging when 7 or 8 or 9." Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/0f7951c6-df09-4622-96dc-348188f4f0cf/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian08Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Unknown maker, needlelace doily, ca. early- to mid-twentieth century. Sara Sohigian Magarian's note states: "Someone from the old country gave it to Mrs. Mulkigian and she gave it to me." Tourvanda Magarian Mulkigian, who lived in Lowell, Massachusetts, was the sister of Sara's father-in-law Garabed Magarian. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/22e7603c-f2b5-4247-a91e-fec99903f859/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian09Color.jpeg Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace-trimmed linen handkerchiefs (pink handkerchief trimmed with tatted edging), Fresno, California, ca. twentieth century. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/a537c168-0e9f-4c42-926c-1a02aabf46a2/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian10Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara Sohigian Magarian, twin needlelace doilies, Fresno, California, ca. mid-twentieth century. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/a077ee0e-7b28-4b98-9958-f905b1882d09/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian13Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace doily, Fresno, California, ca. mid-twentieth century. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/b9aac40d-fb39-4ff8-8510-0aef646b34c3/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian12Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace doily, Fresno, California, ca. mid-twentieth century. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/514a35f4-a92c-43e0-8ceb-f9602c671515/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian11Color.jpeg Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace doily, Fresno, California, 1988. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1768162153043-YTK5EVGX00POFUSBM4K7/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian17Color.png Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace doily, 1988. Note stitched to doily reads: "This one I did in mid June 1988." Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/875646f1-f459-41fb-8b51-a9d9884d0a13/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian14Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace medallions, Fresno, California, ca. mid- to late-twentieth century. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1368ca15-83c8-4e45-9614-626ed4861926/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian01Color.JPG Private Collections - sara sohigian magarian collection Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace medallions, Fresno, California, made towards the end of her life in the 1980s. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/stories daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1730319733538-GM1DN60KAKOH05C6NCSH/KnaladaNeedlelace01BW.jpg https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/stories/from-port-said-back-to-the-mountain monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/d9613ba2-4d10-44ee-9c05-2748f9777be8/Musaler01Color.jpg Stories Portfolio - elise youssoufian: from port said back to the mountain (coming soon) Details to come. Photo credit © Elise Youssoufian 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/77589161-354e-4351-8997-a194f9218174/Musaler02Color.jpg Stories Portfolio - elise youssoufian: from port said back to the mountain (coming soon) Details to come. Photo credit © Elise Youssoufian 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/968f4952-e489-441d-a7ba-278912f03776/Musaler03Color.jpg Stories Portfolio - elise youssoufian: from port said back to the mountain (coming soon) Details to come. Photo credit © Elise Youssoufian 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/21835b10-f4b1-480e-beb2-f40da780d376/Musaler04Color.jpg Stories Portfolio - elise youssoufian: from port said back to the mountain (coming soon) Details to come. Photo credit © Elise Youssoufian 2019. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/stories/picking-up-needle-and-thread monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1753284469874-2AFDSXEN91U72FB9ARHD/SaraSohigian1BW.jpg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: picking up needle and thread Sara Sohigian before her marriage to Masick Magarian, standing on a San Francisco rooftop, ca. 1928. Photo: © Deborah Valoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/fb57e964-cf66-4a39-aaa2-d1e6f0bff55c/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian15Color.JPG Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: picking up needle and thread Sara Sohigian, hand beaded purse, steel beads, ca. mid-1920s. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/a537c168-0e9f-4c42-926c-1a02aabf46a2/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian10Color.JPG Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: picking up needle and thread Sara Sohigian Magarian, twin needlelace doilies, ca. 1960–70. From the Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1768162153043-YTK5EVGX00POFUSBM4K7/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian17Color.png Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: picking up needle and thread Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace doily, 1988. Note stitched to doily reads: "This one I did in mid June 1988." From the Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/875646f1-f459-41fb-8b51-a9d9884d0a13/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian14Color.JPG Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: picking up needle and thread Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace medallions, Fresno, California, ca. mid- to late-twentieth century. From the Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1368ca15-83c8-4e45-9614-626ed4861926/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian01Color.JPG Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: picking up needle and thread Sara Sohigian Magarian, needlelace medallions, Fresno, California, made towards the end of her life in the 1980s. From the Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/stories/crossing-the-bosporus monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/7cd18bee-a5de-4738-91dc-b946f29b07e2/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigXX02Color.jpeg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: crossing the bosporus Dzaghig (last name unknown), needlelace doily, ca. early twentieth century, Ankara or Istanbul, Turkey. Gifted to Deborah Valoma by Zeynep Taşkın. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1767197759214-9ABH8CG1H74WPIY3RLV9/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigXX03Color.jpg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: crossing the bosporus Dzaghig (last name unknown), needlelace collar, ca. early twentieth century, Ankara or Istanbul, Turkey. Gifted to Deborah Valoma by Zeynep Taşkın. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/ea5721c8-1987-4923-8980-1217ede490b8/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigXX01Color.jpeg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: crossing the bosporus Dzaghig (last name unknown), needlelace collar (detail), ca. early twentieth century, Ankara or Istanbul, Turkey. Gifted to Deborah Valoma by Zeynep Taşkın. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/6ba85d34-cb4b-41a9-b205-6507c200f4a9/ArmenianNeedlelaceDzaghigXX04Color.jpeg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: crossing the bosporus Dzaghig (last name unknown), needlelace doily and collar, ca. early twentieth century, Ankara or Istanbul, Turkey. Gifted to Deborah Valoma by Zeynep Taşkın. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/46a3f137-1f81-4e2b-9e99-c9bf4513cdcd/DzaghigXXStory01BW.jpg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: crossing the bosporus - Make it stand out Dzaghig (hands folded) with members of Zeynep Taşkın’s family, Ankara, Turkey, ca. 1930. Left to right: Sıdıka Kınacıt (Zeynep’s grandmother), Dzaghig, Naciye Kınacı and Kamile Kınacı (both Zeynep’s mother’s sisters). Photo: © Zeynep Taşkın. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/stories/into-my-open-waiting-hands monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/995c4cc6-82d1-40db-9a2a-1ecf1ddf815c/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian03Color.jpeg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Satinig Chopoorian, four needlelace collars found tucked into a handkerchief with my grandmother's note describing their origin, Kharpert, present-day Turkey, ca. early 1910s. From the Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/386bd7de-d037-4461-bd30-59de03a4ab6b/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian02Color.JPG Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Satinig Chopoorian, four needlelace-trimmed collars, Kharpert, present-day Turkey, ca. early 1910s. From the Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/49b96e8b-3868-40df-a56e-136ca7216b86/ArmenianNeedlelaceSaraSohigianMagarian04Color.JPG Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Satinig Chopoorian, four needlelace-trimmed collars with paper note stitched to one, Kharpert, Armenian Highlands, present-day Turkey, ca. early 1910s. From the Sara Sohigian Magarian Collection. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/7b050fd7-36c4-49c5-86b6-46cd2dfdefed/SatinigChopoorianStory01BW.jpeg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Satinig Chopoorian (middle left), from the yearbook of Euphrates College where Satinig went to high school in Kharpert, present-day Turkey, 1913. Deborah Valoma's grandmother's notes identifying her first cousin in the margin. Photo: © Deborah Valoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/c6e87ed7-b456-4c31-89a2-3b1d96c5b9f2/csm_Eyecatcher_schools_web_2_de878d2593.jpg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Kharpert, present-day Turkey, ca. 1900. Upper Quarter showing the Euphrates College complex, ca. early 1910s. Image accessed from www.houshamadyan.org on August 17, 2025. Photo: @ Houghton Library, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1755462901429-ACUL97VMPKA2VX16RO6T/SatinigChopoorianStory03BW.jpg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Satinig Chopoorian (standing far right) with her mother Anna Chopoorian (seated with white shirt next to her brother-in-law) and Satinig's two brothers (standing in front of Sating), likely Kharpert, present-day Turkey, ca. 1910. Satinig did not survive the death march to Aleppo. This photograph was sent to Deborah Valoma by Anna Chopoorian's great-grand-nephew. Photo: @ Gregory Aslan Chopoorian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/f7b92d6b-0e70-427e-b2aa-7b76b317ed0d/SatinigChopoorianStory02Color.jpeg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Deborah Valoma, On the Way to Aleppo. Cotton thread, crocheted in filet stitch. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/71acb1a1-79d0-4d89-a426-10449d55473f/SatinigChopoorianStory05Color.jpeg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Anna Chopoorian's headstone, North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island, 2019. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/39f0898c-900f-42bd-98c1-6e36477b2856/SatinigChopoorianStory04Color.JPG Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Deborah Valoma crocheting Satinig's story in front of the Sadberk Hanım Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2023. Sadberk Hanım Museum was originally owned by the Azarian family who were Armenian Catholics from Sivas. Photo credit: Tsovinar Kuiumchian 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/56c5b105-5b0c-4381-a1be-87e72afe8f63/SatinigChopoorianStory07Color.jpeg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Deborah Valoma crocheting Satinig's story at the Imperial Harem of Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, 2024. Photo credit: @ Elise Youssoufian 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1764525332909-DUM6I5XVT5DQ6SNTIWZ1/SatinigChopoorianStory06Color.jpg Stories Portfolio - deborah valoma: into my open waiting hands Deborah Valoma crocheting Satinig's story overlooking the remains of Sourp Hagop on the western side of Kharpert, Turkey, 2025. Beyond are the hills where the Euphrates College once stood, Photo credit: © Ezgi Kilincaslan 2025. https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/stories/needlelace-road-trip monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/stories/finding-needlelace-on-knalada monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67196b131cb5f2188298755d/1730319656171-CH6YTADVG8N862XJ71JW/KnaladaNeedlelace01Color.jpeg Stories Portfolio - elise youssoufian: finding needlelace on kınalıada (coming soon) Needlelace, Kınalıada Island, Sea of Marmara, Turkey, June 2024. Photo credit: © Deborah Valoma 2024.