This rug reinterprets elements of the environment in which the rugs are made, noticeable or not. One of those elements is the mist, present in every part of the process: from obtaining the wool, with its raw colour, from Creole sheep, until the weaving is finished. Wool and weavings that pass through different altitudes and surroundings, but always with the same elements present: the mist, the weavers' braids, and colours that are lost and found again.
It is a long and challenging process. The warp is usually a single colour throughout the weaving of a rug, so this piece set out to represent that process, not only as a decorative design but as meaning: how something can be so difficult and yet go unnoticed. It is up to the viewer to see the difference in a process so demanding yet so subtle; a difference that may be invisible, but that whoever pays attention will find.
First collection signed by Boehme in collaboration with designer Sara Efia Reddin.
Note:
Two-tone warp: a weaving technique rarely used because of its complexity, as two different colours are woven at the same time.
Braids: a weaving technique worked into the weft, inspired by braided hair.
Lines of colour: traditionally known as pepenado, a weaving technique in which the weft is highlighted with another colour.
