In 2016, I said:
“THOSE CARPETS ARE HELL TO DRAW.
The Yazd and the Kashan are pretty similar in terms of the designs that they inherited (both are Persian carpets); the difference between them is their knot count and textural quality, which I can’t exactly replicate in a flat drawing, HAHA.”
I don’t know what else I’d add as retrospective commentary, except that yes, I agree – drawing carpets is hell and it doesn’t get easier.
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Carpet after carpet is unfurled, each one more gorgeous than the last. Each one more intricate, more vibrant, more explosive in colour.
For the Yazd carpet, which is a blue, orange and yellow piece, in which those colours take all kinds of forms: the arabesque, the individual florals, the inset, the frame, all in harmonic chaos, to this carpet, the carpet merchant says: “Admire the colours! I rather like them.”
For the Kashan, which is simpler looking but no less gorgeous, it is a red carpet with an orange and pink floral frame. Much like a painting in a museum, it encases an intricate design: a four-leaf blue medallion, out of which comes a flowing yellow arabesque, to this beauty, the carpet merchant says: “This Kashan here will make a fine field of flowers for your yurt.”
Right now, the finale. The ultimate trick. With a confident smile, he slowly unrolls this best-for-last carpet, and recites a speech: “And now, for one of our best, made in the region from which our business began… and of course, our family’s pride and joy…”
He pauses. Lets the anticipation sink in.
For the Yazd carpet, which is a blue, orange and yellow piece, in which those colours take all kinds of forms: the arabesque, the individual florals, the inset, the frame, all in harmonic chaos, to this carpet, the carpet merchant says: “Admire the colours! I rather like them.”
For the Kashan, which is simpler looking but no less gorgeous, it is a red carpet with an orange and pink floral frame. Much like a painting in a museum, it encases an intricate design: a four-leaf blue medallion, out of which comes a flowing yellow arabesque, to this beauty, the carpet merchant says: “This Kashan here will make a fine field of flowers for your yurt.”
Right now, the finale. The ultimate trick. With a confident smile, he slowly unrolls this best-for-last carpet, and recites a speech: “And now, for one of our best, made in the region from which our business began… and of course, our family’s pride and joy…”
He pauses. Lets the anticipation sink in.
