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A beautiful textile is woven through many steps. Dreaming up the design, calculating yarn amounts, winding yarn on the warping board and beam, threading the yarn through the heddles and reed...all must be done with care before having a chance at weaving the weft through the warp strings. Each step is to be cherished, to be given patience and concentration in full measure.
Every textile is uniquely crafted. Being made by hand, it's impossible to have a duplicate; the movements of the maker entwined in each piece.
Perhaps it's the quarter of me that is Armenian...a chance that some distant relative was a weaver.
Perhaps it's the fact that my grandfather worked with looms.
Perhaps it's the time when I travelled to Ethiopia and witnessed the swiftness with which beautiful fabric was woven and the rhythmic clack of the loom.
Perhaps it was a combination of those that lead me to love making textiles...rugs in particular.
textiles.
made distinctive by hand.
with a purpose.
ärdəstrē is a design studio crafting heirloom pieces to be loved for generations. Love directs all we do. Love for people, animals and creation.
Great care is taken in selecting raw materials:
-wool is sourced from ethical farmers
-organic cotton is chosen over conventional
-dyes that are kind to the earth are prioritized
-local raw materials sourced whenever possible
environment
equivalent humanity
All people were created with a purpose. Every one of us equal in worth. ärdəstrē loves each individuals unique abilities and strengths. We collaborate with artists who have developmental disabilities, teaching new weaving skills while encouraging individual creativity to shine.