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ASHA CARPETS Driven by Joanna Michalowicz’s—the founder and driving force behind Asha Carpets—experience as a master weaver and textile restorer, Asha Carpets strives to fully explore and exploit the visual and tactile benefits that texture adds to the overall character of a hand-woven carpet. Asha Carpets goal, though, is not to merely reproduce the correct texture of existing historical carpets, but rather to capture and recreate the unique spirit and interest that texture contributes to the artistic merit of antique pieces. In essence, using the qualities of the antique as inspiration in creating a new interpretation of the carpet arts for the 21st century. The experimentation with texture often leads Asha Carpets into materials and textures or combinations of textures and materials that are not traditionally found in old pieces, but it is exactly these new ideas and pairings that imbue Asha Carpets with a vitality and appeal rarely seen in carpets of recent manufacture. |
