Dersim · Bingöl
SILBÛS Û TARÎ
Objects drawn from mountains, weaving, and the memory of a place.
Limited collections from the highlands between Dersim and Bingöl in eastern Turkey. Mountain outlines, cacım weaving motifs and map coordinates, engraved into metal and glass.
Collections
Five collections
SILBÛS
Silbûs Collection
Mountain form, summit line, snow, coordinates.
See the collection →CACIM
Cacım Collection
The region's geometric flatweave motifs, rebuilt for metal.
See the collection →PERİ VALLEY
Peri Valley Collection
Valley, water, rock and topography.
See the collection →MUNZUR
Munzur Collection
The line of water running between rock.
See the collection →Objects
Every object we make
Five collections, one drawing logic. The surface changes — metal, glass, cloth — but the rule does not: a place goes onto the object without being prettified. Metal is laser-engraved, glass is engraved, cloth is printed.
Engraving
A place that is yours. An object that is yours.
Selected objects can be engraved with a place name, a coordinate, a date or a name. Nothing is produced until you have seen the artwork and approved it.
Coordinates
39.0858° N 40.5072° E
Two places, one line
BİNGÖL —— İSTANBUL
Name and date
engraved on the reverse
The idea
A geography that outlives the border drawn across it
Silbûs û Tarî takes its name from two mountains. The geography between them — its ridges, its valleys, its weaving and its shared memory — is where the collections begin.
What we are doing is not regional souvenirs. It is taking the line of a place, its texture and its memory, and carrying them onto everyday objects without turning them into a cliché.
Motif and place
More on the region
Silbûs Mountain
The carrying form of the collection: ridge and snow lines.
Read →Tarî Mountain
The second half of the name, and a quieter drawing language.
Read →The story behind the name
The account the brand is named after — and why we are not the ones to tell it.
Read →Cacım motifs
The repetition logic of a weave, kept intact on metal.
Read →Dersim weaving
What we take from the weaving tradition: geometry and proportion.
Read →Bingöl weaving
The same geometry on the other side of the line.
Read →Yayladere
Where the two sides of the geography come closest.
Read →Peri Valley
Water, rock and topography, drawn as contour.
Read →Before you order
Before you order
Nothing is made before you approve it
For engraved orders the artwork comes to you first. You can change the wording and the layout, and production does not begin until you say so.
Limited runs
Each collection is produced in controlled quantities. That does not mean every piece is handmade — it means we deliberately keep the run and the number of variants small.
Shipping across Turkey
Orders are sent in protective packaging. Shipping cost and delivery time are confirmed with you when you order.
Questions
Short answers
What is Silbûs û Tarî?
Silbûs û Tarî is a design studio working with the cultural geography between Dersim and Bingöl in eastern Turkey. Mountain forms, cacım weaving motifs and map coordinates are engraved into metal and glass. Objects are released in limited collections.
How are the collections divided?
By drawing language, not by province. Silbûs takes the mountain form and the coordinate; Tarî a softer, quieter line; Cacım the geometry of flatweave; Peri Valley and Munzur the topography of a valley and its water.
Are these handmade?
No, and we would rather say so plainly. The objects are not handwoven or hand-worked. Metal is laser-engraved and glass is engraved. What is traditional here is not the method but the order on the surface: the sequence and proportion of the motif are kept as they are in the weave.
Can I have a name, date or coordinate engraved?
Yes. Cases and keyrings can be engraved with a name, a date or a coordinate; glasses can carry a personal line along the bottom. Each product page lists what can be engraved on that particular object.
Why don't some pages explain what a motif means?
Because we do not have a verified source. There are many conflicting accounts of what a motif signifies or where a mountain's name comes from, and printing an unsourced sentence next to something we are selling would be unfair to the thing being described. These pages will grow as the sources do.
How is the artwork approved?
For engraved orders we send you a visual of the artwork, and nothing is produced until you approve it. You can ask for changes to the wording and the layout. Approval and correspondence run over WhatsApp.