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Banana silk rugs
One of the best materials we prefer to use is banana silk. It comes from banana bark and it gives a rather thick and resistant yarn. Banana silk is a very shining fibre, even more shining than silk and...
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Interview to Andrea Galmiberti on Webmobili
The interview to Andrea Galimberti published on wit-casa Sometimes a few changes are enough to renew a room, without changing the whole furniture. A rug, for example, can warm the atmosphere, make a...
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linen yarn and linen rugs
One of the materials we prefer to use is linen It’s made with the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum, and it is a rather thick yarn. Linen is a mat fibre and it has a fresh touch, it looks...
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Materials: part 1
For the prodcution of our rugs we use several materials, and each material has different qualities. From the most common, wool, to very innovative soy bean fibre, all the fibres that can be spun...
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Migration: three images of freedom in needlepoint
Studio Formafantasma designed a collection of three rugs for Nodus, inspired by the work of 19th century ornithologist Jan James Audubon, who was scientifically categorizing birds.On the final designs...
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Materials: part 2, Soybean and Bamboo silk
Soybean Fibre High quality soybean fibre is made from "okara" (soy pulp), a by-product of tofu production. Soy pulp is the insoluble part of soybean that remains when pureed soybeans are filtered in...
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The rug: motifs and parts
When we talk about the motif of a rug, most often we speak about how it is decorated, what kind of architecture and model have been used for it’s production. The parts of the model can appear...
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How is a rug made?
On this pages you have read many times about knots, vertical and horizontal loom, wool, silk, viscose and knotting techniques used for the production of rugs. I think it is time to introduce you to...
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The Graph
In ancient times the artisans who produced rugs were not used to follow a precise project, but they used their imagination to make the decorations. This is the reason why there aren’t two identical...
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