Artist Jaime Hayon has collaborated with the Italian carpet manufacturer, Nodus, on a series of rugs that depict Japanese and Afghan folklore with a modernized twist. These artistic rugs are playful, colorful, and tell beautiful stories. Let’s explore the collection.
South African artist Billie Zangewa creates stunning, unique pictorial textiles. Inspired by both her own, personal experiences as well as the universal, she hand stitches scenes of subjects like love and femininity. Check out the blog to learn about her history, experiences, inspiration, and current projects.
Claudy Jongstra, a textile artist from the Netherlands, is a little different than your average textile artist. While many artists source their materials from craft stores or wholesalers, environmentalist Jongstra uses materials she grows and creates herself. Her felting has been displayed in many museums and installations.
Artist Judith Scott overcame tremendous setbacks in her life to become an incredible, awarded, and internationally-displayed artist. She is most well known for her cocoon-like fiber sculptures. Her colorful and playful pieces draw viewers in and are unlike any works of artists before her. It is for these reasons that her art has been displayed all over the world, and currently sits in many permanent exhibitions nationally and internationally.
Below, we will outline the appropriate steps that you should take if you have the need to snake an electrical wire through an antique rug. Following this guide will help you through this process while minimizing the risk of damage to your antique rug. For safety, we suggest having an electrician do this or anything else that involves running electrical wires or cable.
Sheila Hicks is an American artist who has been active since the 1950s. She is well known for her colorful, creative textile weavings that often become 3d sculptural forms. She is known and has worked all over the world and her works are displayed in dozens of museums.
Faith Ringgold, a New York native, is an artist best known for her narrative quilts. Her experience in multiple different medias as well as her unique storytelling perspective make her work stand out from the crowd. A bold woman who doesn’t back down from what she believes in, she is also a well known activist for feminism and anti-racism.
Gunta Stölzl was an iconic textile artist whose works have changed the world. She was mostly active during the 1920s and 1930s, creating textiles with expertise learned at the Bauhaus. Later, she became a weaving master, teaching and passing along her skill and craft to other weavers.
Today we tackle one of the more common questions that we get asked – “Why do I need a rug pad?”, or if you even need one at all.