This rug reinterprets elements of the environment in which the rugs are made, noticeable or not. One of those elements is the wet earth, always present in every part of the process: under the weavers' feet, on the paths to the workshop, in the soil that gets wet and dries with every rain in the highlands. Wool and weavings that pass over these same soils, whatever the altitude or setting.
It is a long and challenging process. The warp is usually a single colour throughout the weaving of a rug, but this piece uses two warp colours to represent that contrast: the dark, saturated earth when wet, and the light, dry earth, speckled with texture, once the water has gone. Not only as a decorative design but as meaning: how something can change constantly beneath our feet and yet go unnoticed. It is up to the viewer to see that transition, 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.
