Artisans
History & Tradition
The art of carpet weaving is a centuries-old craft that is not subject to strict production chains. It has evolved over time, but still contains centuries of tradition. Each rug must be considered a work of art and not the result of a strictly timed production chain. The process of hand weaving is as individual as the rugs and the weaver herself. For example, a nomadic woman spins the wool for her carpet by hand from her sheep, dyes it with natural dyes, and weaves it in her tent according to her mood and time. The overall pattern usually comes from the traditional patterns passed down, coupled with her own imagination and taste.
Genuine handwork
Often these women weave the carpets and kilims on horizontal looms. Here they sit on the part of the carpet that is already finished, and so the carpet sometimes stretches due to the weight. This is also the reason why some of the tribal rugs can be crooked here and there. This is not a fault, but part of the authentic process of rug weaving. Another example is that a carpet weaver from a village buys his wool at the nearest bazaar and weaves the carpet in his own house on a vertical loom. In larger cities like Nain or Isfahan, carpet weaving has a great tradition and very fine carpets are knotted. Again, all rugs are hand knotted, but unlike the women in the villages and tribes, the women weavers often use design templates for their rugs instead of weaving according to their own ideas. As you can see, there is not "one way" to design a rug or kilim, but hundreds. And that's what makes it so beautiful.