Fine Hand-Knotted Rugs
From the category archives:
We’ve been woefully lax in our blogging, and I have several project updates to do. I just added this photo of the Prairie-style design we did for a client earlier this year, based on her custom art glass window.
You can read more about the origin of the design, and stained-glass artisan Theodore Ellison, on my [...]
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We just received these photos of our Pabst sample on loom. It’s very encouraging to finally see this design take on a three-dimensional life.
This sample is being woven of Himalayan wool using the Tibetan cut-loop weaving technique. Making a sample, sometimes referred to as a “hand trial” or “strikeoff”, is often part of the process [...]
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We recently did a project with stained glass artisan Theodore Ellison, who designed a carpet for a private client to coordinate with his “Ashley” art glass window.
The window:
The carpet design:
The carpet was made in India of pure New Zealand wool, which is both soft to the touch and very durable. And of course, RUGMARK-certified [...]
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In case anyone is wondering whether we really do live in a global village, and if the world is flat, I offer the following story.
Once upon a time, there was an architect in New York who saw one of our luscious mohair samples, and decided that it would be perfect for one of their projects. [...]
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A few days ago, we got a call from Cynthia Shaw-McLaughlin, director of the Boettcher Mansion near Golden, CO. We met Cynthia a few months ago at the Arts & Crafts Conference in Asheville and have talked a few times since then.
The Mansion, which must be run by Tracy’s kind of people since they have [...]
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