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Technology of rug creation



The ancient tradition of rugs

The exact date of rug creation hidden in the mists of time, but it is know that its Persia (now Iran-State) was the center of rugs production. The first preserved to the present day Eastern carpet, was established in 2400? 2500 years ago. The word "manufacture" only formally refer to the manufacture of the Persian rugs. There is no room for templates and mass production - only exclusive and fully handmade work.


Rugs in Iran is weaved all the time, everywhere : some families, the old dynasty and handicraft factories are weaving rugs with different types of knots, hairless rugs. The tradition of rug weaving in Iran has several thousands of years of history, it has ancient roots and deep affinity with local cultures and folk customs. Secrets of rugs transmitted from generation to generation.

Machinery of Manufacturing woven carpets virtually unchanged over the centuries. Now, as a century ago,the best weaving carpets only manually painted with wool natural dyes and vigorously worked on ornaments.Only in this way  we can have Persian rug.


Why nodular carpet handmaded in the same capacity of yarn can cost ten times more than his brother,woven by machine? Not only because he is made with a warm man hands. In fact, that the knots of hands, have a unique shape and vary. In addition, there are several types of knots to the carpet ( "Gordian knot", etc.). Two identical handmade carpets are simply cannot exist, even if a thumbnail sketch used the same. It is through the a little rough knot, irregular shape handmade carpets and acquire charm, which can hardly be described by words. The machine, on the other hand, same with knots, and the carpets are identical. In addition, rug nap is fixed for the base excision thread, and so do human fingers. The machine does not know how to tie knots. The rug nap machine work just to stick between the foundation and duck. Hairless handmade rugs more rugged and durable.


Eastern weaver, anonymous authors of rugs masterpieces, combines fine art with an unparalleled colours. Drawings Persian rugs inspired by the unique mosaics and Iranian miniatures. This is a complex art, demonstrating a high degree of talent, taste, perseverance and ingenuity of artists here. Moreover, it requires months of endless work, persistence and is costly.


Carpet weaving is a long, difficult and arduous process. Only recently introduced in Iran in the production of rug cleaning, dyes and spinning machines. The basic material is carpet-wool sheep is also a small collection of flowers. Depending on the suit cut wool sheep are white, brown, yellowish brown, yellow and grey. Wool quality varies in different parts of the body of the animal. One sheep gave to ten varieties of wool, which are divided by the assiduous. Wool painted natural dyes derived on the basis of various species of wood, grass and vegetables. Dyes are also at the root of mareny, shell walnuts, grape leaves, stalks of asparagus skin grenades, even vinegary milk. For dyeing and minerals are used in combination with caustic soda and citric acid, which are needed in order to consolidate the paint, preventing erosion and abrasion. Rugs are not only wool, but made of carpet fabric. These rugs has original and colourful appearance.



Figure of Persian rugs never incidental -  for the selection and location of certain elements pattern is the centuries-old tradition of Islamic culture and the arts, talent and ambition wizards. Indeed, the home carpet, in hot Persia, until the XIX century carpet stayed in captivity Muslim traditions prohibiting the portrayal of living creatures of God. Therefore, in its long history of Persian rugs formed a separate images of the characters and details of ornamentation that had a fixed meaning and interpretation.


In angular shaped flowers and leaves from jagged edges in a thin jewelry Communications, in the mosaic pattern can be read a verse of the Koran, proverbs, legends, the future owner wishes. Foam or broken lines indicate that the water is a symbol of life, community-infinite world, the universe. And some complex crossing triangles and squares denote celestial lights : the sun, moon, stars. Very important  are the colors, which made the carpet. Persian rugs as it embraced all paints land - they reflect the diversity of the world.

Technology of Manufacturing woven rugs

Designer paints a sketch on a sheet of paper in one quarter of the floor, and then by imposing symmetric completes the entire picture. This sketch painted, on millimetre paper and goes to the wizard, which, in accordance with the big rug starting his creation. The foundation kicked in a special wooden frame and woven by hand in her nap. Each thread engaging special excision. Each cut class spends about two seconds, building on the day ten 14000000 knots. Only after one month of this work starts next picture carpet. Speed depends on the complexity of weaving pattern, and the finer material, which is manufactured carpet. A quality depends on the number of door per square meter : more than, the better picture, the denser, stronger and more expensive carpet. But too high density may, in some cases, seat -carpet products can crack to bars, for example, if ineptly collapsed.


These Persian carpets very dense (one to two and a half million per square metre knots). Knots must be smooth and orderly in their location. Cut off tough can only be made by maiden thin fingers, so carpet often made by adolescent girls. On average, a conventional carpet hand away from a few months to three years. If you look at jogging handmade carpets, picture and colors will be clean. This carpet different from the carpet machine, which has blurred image.

Every original 7-10 centimeters carpet gently trim, leaving 2-2,5 centimeters long nap. Only a random interplay of colored thread grounds required pattern. Get Ready rugs emery base paper.


Experts say that a good woven rug will not wear out with age, but instead acquires nobility. It is believed that rugs should be "mature". At other times there was quite a unique way to refine products. Masters said : "As fermented grape juice is not wine, and just woven rug  is not rug yet." Ready to throw rug championships area where it took place thousands of people. Those ordeals were rugs benefit : a nap on fiber and carpet becomes white, soft and elastic. Experts know that this Persian rug will not ever, and will not dim. Today rugs put in a special mirror, where they run manually. Products are soft just as 1:00 modern. Previously, to achieve such effects, carpets were 3 months based on the Bridge. Today can be found also woven mats, which differ from the rug only in its size but also technology and the principles of their construction remain the same.


In ancient Persian carpets called oases. "Anyone who buy a rug, will own in his home Persian miniature garden, say connoisseurs. The combination of natural materials, natural dyes and hand-made Persian rug unique work of art, a symbol of goodness and peace, because rug posed warmth and patience in man, the kindness of human heart; In its patterns, colors, almost concluded - old traditions of secrecy and wisdom East.
Today manually produced various types of knot carpet-hairless unilateral, wall rugs, wet landscape.
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