Journal
Letters from
the loom.
Atelier visit
A week in Afghanistan: inside the Kunduz atelier.
We spent seven days with the families who knot our rugs in northern Afghanistan — watching how a pattern becomes a place, and how a place becomes a rug.
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The fibre question: wool vs silk vs bamboo silk.
What each fibre brings to pile height, sheen, longevity, and feel underfoot.
April 2026
Natural dye in the Ararat valley.
How Armenian artisans harvest madder root, walnut husks, and indigo for colour that deepens over decades.
March 2026
Geometry without computers: how tribal patterns are passed down.
Oral tradition, memory, and the loom as a mnemonic device in Tibetan weaving families.