The articles in Jozan Magazine are written by a team of rug professionals and authors and by Jozan’s editor Ivan Soenderholm. It is not possible to mention all who have contributed over the years but the list below includes authors and photographers and authors who frequently have written articles or covered rug & textile events for Jozan Magazine:
Tribal Asian textiles: Jaina Mishra ( Woven Souls ) – articles by Jaina Mishra
Central Asian rugs and textiles: Elmira Gyul ( Fine Arts Institute, Uzbekistan ) – Articles by Elmira Gyul
Textile exhibition reviews: Valerie Justin ( Vanishing Textiles ) – articles by Valerie Justin
Antique rug and textile exhibitions: Michael Craycraft ( Galerie Arabesque ), Alberto Boralevi ( Alberto Boralevi ) and Raoul Tschebull
Auction reviews: Sarah Haberkern ( Art Antik ) – Articles by Sarah Haberkern
Turkish carpets: Ludwina Akbulut ( Ludwina’s Miniature Carpets ) – articles by Ludwina Akbulut
Traveling in Iran: Lars N. Nygaard ( Lars Nygaard Oriental Rugs ) – articles by Lars N. Nygaard
Reports from rug life in Iran: Daniel Bikas (read more about Daniel) – articles by Daniel Bikas
Other rug professionals who have written one or more articles, notes or reports published in Jozan Magazine are: Shirin Melikova, Wendel Swan, Michele Hardy, Asli Samadova, Stefano Ionescu, Craig Wallen, Tim Steinert, Hans Homm, Marla Mallett, Hesam Keshavarz, Dennis Dodds, R. John Howe, Charles Recknagel, Mike Petras, Allan Arthur, Ehsan Afzalzadeh Naini, Seref Ozen, Jean-Paul Peters, Thomas Cole, Ann Nicholas and Richard Blumenthal, Christopher Robin Andrews, Seyitguly Batyrov, Solveigh Calderin, and Detlev Fischer.
Editor and publisher: Ivan Soenderholm
Books:
Raoul Tschebull: Qarajeh to Quba : Rugs and Flatweaves from East Azarbayjan and the Transcaucasus, Kazak: Carpets of the Caucasus
Marla Mallett: Woven Structures: A Guide to Oriental Rug and Textile Analysis
Michael Craycraft: Belouch prayer rugs
Thomas Cole: Dream Weavers: Textile Art from the Tibetan Plateau
Alberto Boralevi: From the Near West, Sardinian Textiles from the 16th Century until Today, Oriental Geometries: Stefano Bardini and the Antique Carpet, Sumakh, Flat Woven Carpets of the Caucasus
Valerie Justin: Flat-Woven Rugs of the World
Stefano Ionescu: Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania, The Lutheran Churches of Transylvania and their Rugs: Black Church and the Brasov Area, The Lutheran Churches of Transylvania and their Rugs: St. Margaret’s Church and the Medias District, The Lutheran Churches of Transylvania and their Rugs: Whereabouts Unknown