For my wedding anniversary, I designed and had hand-woven in Afghanistan a rug for my microbiologist wife. The rug mixes traditional Afghanistan designs with some scientific elements including Bunsen burners, test tubes, bacterial petri dishes and other elements.
I started with several AI designs, such as that shown below, to give the weavers an idea of what I was looking for. Some of the AI elements were muddled and very complex and so we developed a blueprint over a few iterations. The blueprint was very accurate to the actual rug.
I am very pleased with the final product. The wool is of high quality, deep and luxurious, and the design is exactly what I intended. My wife loves the rug and will hang it at her office. The price was very reasonable, under $1000. I also like that I employed weavers in a small village in Northern Afghanistan. The whole process took about 6 months.
You can develop your own custom rug from Afghanu Rugs. Tell them Alex sent you. Of course, they also have many beautiful traditional designs. You can even order my design should you so desire!
The post Design Your Own Rug! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
Alliance Taxi Barrie were exceptional since the first second I wrote to them. Smooth process…
By . Still Point Theatre Collective, a Chicago-based organization dedicated to using theatre as a…
Igor Shesterkin has scored the first goalie goal in Rangers history. With less than three…
Shot in six days using handheld digital-video cameras, the 86-minute film stars Hawke, his then…
Here is the link. The post The top private sector employers of economics graduates appeared…
The best education apps for Android give learners something useful to do: solve a problem,…