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The carpets of Houz region are distinguished by additional selvage wrapping (three to four cords of three or five warps each) in black wool or black goat hair which exstends tooth-like well into the piled field. The rows of knots...

During its own long-lasting history humanity has always experienced a symbiotic relationships with trees and their fruits, irreplaceable source of protection, nourishment, energy, means for health care. The roots of trees live buried down in the ground but the...

After Yng Somoroff and Yng Somoroff II, Stephanie Odegard creates Yng Somoroff III, IV and VI (handmade carpets in 120 knots,in Himalayan wool knotted on cotton foundation), inspired once again by Michael Somoroff ’s vivid art photographs "The vegetables series"....

Colombo blue grey, modern rug, nepalese hand knotted in silk. Patterns inspired by monsoon in Sri Lanka. With surprising moiré effects, fresh shaded tones, authentic patterns collected from ancient documents or archives from the other side of the world,...

The topological imperfection of the coat hanger, made of sand cast aluminum, characterizes the unconventional valet stand ATELIER. The roughness of the surface dilates itself, as though changing scale, to acquire plastic values that define autonomous formal entities. A...