Elizabeth Machin PR Blog

Tweedtastic

21/4/2016

 
​Lauded for her innovative techniques, international designer Michaela Schleypen originated filigree rug sculpting as a way of developing a new three-dimensional visual language rarely seen before. Her skill for sculpting materials as if she were a jeweller combined with her fine colour graduation turns her rugs into fashionable artworks for floors.
 
Schleypen’s work is often described as floor couture. Her new Tweed collection celebrates the cutting-edge of a classic cloth. It’s a nod to Chanel. It’s tweed boldly and beautifully reinvented for floors.
 
Each tetris-like cube is hand sculptured and carved in relief to give a full three-dimensional experience.  These are technically accomplished and complex designs comprising many shades to create a striking pattern. Colourways are Brit Pop red and green and Old School blue and grey.  Materials contrast New Zealand wool with lustre cotton.
Picture
Picture
Schleypen’s rugs are handmade using a dense tufting process with traditional fibres such as silk and wool into which she mixes unexpected materials including lustre cottons, neon, denim threads and precious stones. If that isn’t enough to revolutionise rug making, she even creates her own unique colour-scale.
 
It is the heady mix of the prescribed and the unforeseen, the innovative fusion of fashion and interiors that makes her rugs so highly sought after and desired.

​Michaela Schleypen’s work is exclusively represented in the UK by FRONT.
frontrugs.com
​
Tweet


Comments are closed.

    Categories

    All
    Antique
    Christmas
    Colour
    Competition
    Craftwork
    Cushions
    Design
    Events
    Fabrics
    Fair
    Fashion
    Film
    Flooring
    Furniture
    Interiors
    Lamps
    News
    Pattern
    Plasterwork
    Sculpture
    Shopping
    Tartan
    Textiles
    Tiles


    Archives

    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    August 2018
    May 2018
    October 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014



​© Elizabeth Machin PR 2019

​



  • Blog
  • Home
  • About
  • Clients
  • Projects
  • What We Do
  • Contact
  • Writing
  • Blog
  • Home
  • About
  • Clients
  • Projects
  • What We Do
  • Contact
  • Writing