Edited by Benedetta Giordano
The stories told by the carpets of Carpet Edition evoke extraordinary worlds and exciting suggestions. Leading the narrative this time is Giulia Ferraris, born in 1991, who has worked with thecompany to create the new Lòbia collection. In the young designer's intuition, all the spectacle and magnificence of Mediterranean architecture, with a special focus on light and its ability to modify and shape each work.
Giulia Ferraris has reproduced in carpets the exteriors of buildings, so changeable with the passing of the hours as the sun rises or sets, enhancing their countless facets.
The result is four carpets that, like 'snapshots', reproduce the chromatic effects of light on architecture.
The first two carpets of the Lòbia collection evoke, as in a photograph, two particular moments of the day: dawn and midday. The image of the urban skyline is translated into a pattern of curves and straight lines that ideally represent its architectural appearance. The nuances used, soft and brilliant for the Terra carpet, clear and sharp for the Polvere carpet, suggest instead the magic of the light that strikes the buildings precisely at those two moments, dawn and midday respectively.
"I like to walk at dawn, when the city is still quiet and the first light of day begins to give my surroundings a physiognomy and dimension
– explains Giulia Ferraris -. I watch the shy glow that creeps between the grooves of the columns and the void of the arches, bouncing from façade to façade and turning into glow
vividly describing tactility and form with sharpness and precision'..
The tactile aspect of the carpets is also interesting: new to the company's Hand Made catalogue, they are handcrafted using the taftatura technique. The skilful work of carving, velvet and bouclé gives different heights to the pile - composed of tencel, linen, and wool New Zealand - so as to give it a three-dimensional appearance and a pleasant material texture.
