00:05I always grew up in a studio, it's my playground, and the place where I used to play was a
00:10clay,
00:10now I'm still playing, but more professional, let's say.
00:19A workshop can be a classroom, a workplace and a family archive.
00:23In traditional craft, skill and design survive because someone learns them and passes them on.
00:29Across Uzbekistan, different regions have developed their own traditions.
00:33Our journey begins in Fergana, where those skills are still alive inside local workshops.
00:39For more than 14 years, Muhammad Ali Yunusov has been turning wood into art.
00:44A first generation's master, he is now Uzbekistan's people's master, has trained more than 1,000 apprentices.
00:51His family continues the tradition today, while generations of craftsmen he has taught
00:56are still keeping Fergana's Wood Carving Heritage alive.
01:05In Foukat district, Yunusov begins with local wood.
01:09Preparing it can take months.
01:10It is our Matthijszeuger here, and the city's children's cars that are out there.
01:19It works while collecting and driving moreılı stuff within the world.
01:25There are also fine materials that have been left without looking for the work on our students.
01:28Guys, Khayra, Khud, Daraqq healthy, we have been left here,
01:34and we have more than the fields of Jesus' time.
01:35We have becomeệус Christmas Może.
01:40The tools may be traditional, but technology has also entered the workshop.
02:00The knowledge is also passing to younger hands.
02:03Samandar Tahrirov joined the workshop at 14.
02:17Not far away, another workshop offers a different window in the Fergana.
02:22Here, traditional craft also provides work for local women.
02:45In six years, the center has trained more than 500 women and girls.
02:49More than 100 now work with the enterprise.
03:07The showroom is filled with dolls, bags, hardware and clothing.
03:21For visitors, the showroom brings all of that work together in one place.
03:29More than 100 products, all inspired by local traditions.
03:33This is how Sadavkat is putting Fergana's craftsmanship on display.
03:37Her showroom has become a destination for visitors to the region,
03:41bringing together traditional designs, local production and a distinctly Uzbek style under one roof.
03:50Our final stop is Tashkent, home to one of Uzbekistan's best-known ceramics families.
03:57Seven generations, one craft and the traditions still take new shape.
04:02At the Rahimah workshop, I'm sure those book techniques with contemporary creativity.
04:07Because keeping a tradition alive also means allowing it to evolve.
04:13Here, family identity matters, but every generation also leaves its own mark.
04:19In our human identity, we have our own style.
04:22It was a green and black color combination, which was really popular in the 17th century in Tarket.
04:27So this color combination design needs to always leave and inspire us,
04:32even to the next generations as well.
04:33Clay itself, it dictates you which kind of shape you'd want to turn.
04:36So I'm also trying to add some more new touches as well.
04:40Three workshops, three different crafts and one common lesson.
04:44Mastery takes time.
04:45These traditions survive because someone learns them, practices them and passes them on.
