This is a whimsical painting that started on an experimental note – improvising with the coloirs like you would on a musical instrument. Never the less, it took a long time for me to find the „tune“, the right balance between chance and conscious choices that i liked. I always get stuck, when too much of the head comes into the painting process, when i try to controll too much. So i needed to step back from the painting times and times again until it was finished. My husband called it „HAPPY HOUR“ – and we had a drink of champagne on it!

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Making carpet art is an adventure – and a lengthy process, that involves a lot of work. Many steps and many people. It gave me an understanding, of how important it is, to communicate clearly. To translate the original vision of the design in a way, that will not be misunderstood. When two people look at one thing, they may see and perceive it differently. And even more so, when these people have a different cultural background. It is stunning to see a carpet beong made, seeing skilled hamds tufting it, washing and drying it, cutting it and thus turning it from a 2-D image into a 3D object

“RHAPSODY” an ancient Greek word that means “songs stitched together” holds a spirit of collaboration, freeflow, contrasting moods, colours, and tonality. My friend Sharmeen Attarwala and i chose it as a title for one of our artistic carpet series that was derived from a set of abstract collages we worked on a while earlier.

An air of spontaneous inspiration and a sense of improvisation that felt like making music happened when we created the collages and transfered them into designs on the computer. In a dreamlike mode imagining the sunlight caressing warm stones, the peaceful architecture of quiet towns, light gleaming through windows, golden beiges changing into pink and pink into dusky blues, a trance in the poetic spaces of our minds.

Once made into handtufted carpets by skilled craftsmen in India they looked even more stunning. We love the slight relief structure they have, the soft touch and the silky shine, that makes the colours come alive and change with the light.

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Little things floating on a summer breeze – plant seeds, leaves, insects, bits of paper and some whimsical tunes and daydreams, all woven into an invisible net of sunlightsunny haze and gentle warmth. My way to tune into summer, when iT#s actually winter here – the magic of painting!

The many layers of paint that i used to achieve depth and transparency in the colour, makes the painting change with the light so it looks different thoughout the day.

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Inspired by the compositions of beautiful marine plants and creatures, the unique Flow carpet collection captures the alluring mystery of the ocean in its bold vibrant compositions. Each rug is hand-tufted with an array of soft, durable wool and Tencel fibres that mimic the undulating patterns of the ocean’s surface and magnificent life hidden deep below.

Find more information on these artistic carpets here.

It is a fascinating process, to turn a design into a carpet. I was hugely inspired by the rich, natural colour palette of the wool and Tencel yarns. Yet at first it is hard to imagine, how the shades of these will turn out on a large scale. How the colours blend and mix when woven. And how the translation works. As we found out, it is a matter of trust and above all, a clear and effective communication between us, the artists and designers, and the craftsmen and-women.

When two people look at one image, they might still not see and perceive the same thing. And it took some lengthy and costly trial and error to find out, how we could bring our vision across.

Once the carpet is knotted or tufted, the work is not yet over. Each piece is washed and dried multiple times and cut and trimmed by hand, to achieve the delicate relief structure. that enhances the design and also the touch of the carpet.

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Das erste OPEN ART HOUSE seit Corona – mit unserem Gast, der Bildhauerin Elfie Clement aus Mainz und Original Holzschnitten und Lithographien vom HAP Grieshaber, Frans Masereel und anderen. Dazu präsentierten wir Masken und Skulpturen aus Afrika.

An zwei Tagen öffnete sich unsere Atelierwohnung zu einer Feier der Kontraste. Schwarz, weiß und das ganze Farbspekrtum dazwischen können nicht nur friedlich koexistieren, sondern ergänzen sich aufs Beste. Was wäre das Leben ohne Gegensätze?

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