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Dyeing and weaving are among the oldest handicrafts of humanity. The collected plant or animal fibers go through washing, carding, spinning, and plying processes. Undyed or dyed with natural dyes (plants, animals, or minerals), woven with a weaving machine in a particular method, following a specific pattern. Practical and decorative textiles. This procedure is a simple description of traditional dyeing and weaving.

Handmade carpet is a special kind of textile. Traditionally, wool is used as the weaving material, and cotton yarn or wool yarn is used as warps and wefts. The loom is solid and large, and the weaving process often lasts for several months.

The traditional carpet weaving area in the northern hemisphere has formed the "Historic rug belt" (left), from Marrakesh in Morocco to Tianjin, China. In the history of the world for more than two thousand years, for millions of people, carpet weaving is their only artistic expression medium, which embodies the belief and wisdom of their ancestors. It is the carrier of traditional decoration and craftsmanship. Unfortunately, the traditional art of weaving carpets is slowly disappearing.

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The production cycle of handmade carpets is very long, and each work can only be a limited edition. Carpet-making is more of a way of living than a craft, and a carpet is the product of this lifestyle.
Xinjiang, known as the Western Region, is the birthplace of Chinese carpets. The "Silk Road" which opened in the Han Dynasty accelerated the exchange of materials and cultures between the East and the West. Since ancient times, the desert oases on the Silk Road (Hetian, Kuqa, Kashgar) have been carpet weaving centers. Historically, carpet-making crafts entered Beijing, Tianjin, and the Central Plains along Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, and other places in the West, forming unique Chinese carpets.

The beauty of old carpets is closely related to their craftsmanship. Therefore, these traditional crafts must be retrieved to reproduce the beauty of old carpets. This is a gradual process: studying different weaving techniques, learning plant dyeing techniques from various traditions, collecting natural dyes from different regions, developing carpet finishing techniques, etc., and then recombining the fragments of these traditional handicrafts.

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