Honorary President of Al-Sadu Weaving Cooperative Society Sheikha Altaf Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah said Tuesday the Sadu House is an initiative aiming to encourage talented youth to explore innovative ways to express themselves through traditional knitting." We work for finding new methods of preserve our heritage and combining traditional weaving and modernity through developing this art which have distinctive aesthetic appeal," she told KUNA on the sidelines of the Soda art gallery." The gallery, part of the 25th Qurain Cultural Festival, exhibits textile works of five creative youths, males and females," Sheikha Altaf said, noting that the exhibits include handicrafts that reflect a modern approach to the art of weaving." Heritage expresses human experience that has to do with not only the past but the present and the future as well," she said, calling on the youth in Kuwait and the Gulf region to draw on beautiful works of the past while developing innovative textiles."

This year Sadu House has launched a training program on how to develop 3-D textiles; it is a six-week course aiming to involve artists from Kuwait and the Arab region," she went on. Sheikha Altaf noted that the House plans to organize this course on an annual basis and launch award for creative artists and designers. On her part, Sheikha Bibi Du'aij Al-Sabah, chairperson of the Society and General Supervisor of Sadu House, said this is the fourth edition of Soda gallery "where we encourage the participants to focus on the concept of sustainability." The five exhibitors have attended specialized workshops on how to maximize benefit from materials in their artworks," she said in a statement to KUNA. Sheikha Bibi added that the participants were given access to the contents of Al-Sadah library and work jointly with engineers, designers, painters and photographers while doing their innovative weaving.-KUNA