Saturday, November 10, 2012

You need to know NeedKnot

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Many textile enthusiasts today are carpet lovers and a rug, unlike cloth, benefits from a status of being immediately both a textile and an object. It can be fully appreciated and placed without transformation. From there, the move from object to art object is just a question of intention. NeedKnot, is a new label for finely crafted carpets that clearly tie together applied and fine arts.

Art historian, Mariannne Karabelnik, and design expert, Franziska Kessler, are the label’s instigators who brought together 9 contemporary artists and designers for the creation of 9 limited-edition rugs of the highest quality. The rugs were produced by the world renowned specialists of carpet making, Tai Ping and Manufacture Cogolin. A big bang of aesthetic impact was felt in Paris where they were recently on view at the Tai Ping showroom in the Hotel de Livry.


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Karim Noureldin "Evo "
22 shades of wool


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All the vigor, texture and saturated color of the best crayons in the box.

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Erik Bulatov "O"
wool, flax, and  silk 

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O, so sober. O, so material.

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Christain Astuquevielle "Ecritures"
tufted berber wool
Manufacture Comoglio

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Calligraphic tufting.

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Torsten Neeland "Primary"
wool 
&
Ayse Erkmen "Twist "
wool, silk

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This bas-relief takes carpet carving to the highest point of  the technique in precision and 3-dimensionality.

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Alas, my close-up isn't close enough to do justice to the embroidered effect of "Twist!"

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Alex Hanimann "Betty"
wool silk nylon

The text in textiles.

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Nic Hess "Monumental Tour"
wool, flax, silk


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'I'mmm lovin' it' the world over ? !


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Melli Ink 
"Walking Over Broken Plates"
wool

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A cathartic carpet without the crashing or the cuts.

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Gioia Meller Marcovicz
"Palazzo"
 30 shades of silk

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A sensuously textured dream of the Piazza San Marco, amorously rendered in the softest of silks.

For more information about the artists and Needknot, click!

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