RUGS: the foundation of a home
- wild, raw and fertile -
“LUM” is an archaic sound that connects us to the earth and our roots. It is the title of Studio Daniel Costa’s first collection of rugs which is rooted in the mountains of Nepal, the ground where yak, sheep, and goat graze and over thousands of years have adapted to whipping weathers. Where the mountains set the tone to life and survival, to mythology and craft. It is a collection of rugs to bring earthy tactility, analog quality, lasting character, and a primal emotion to our living spaces.
A GROUNDING FIBRE
A SINGING YARN
A VIBRATING CLOTH
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THE SPINNING, HUMMING AND WEAVING OF A LOVE SONG
TO PEOPLE, ANIMALS AND THE EARTH.
Please mail me if you are interested in living or working with the rugs.
A big part of the collection is realized in collaboration with van Caster and is connected to the local spinners and weavers as well as it is interwoven with the yak farmers who live in very remote areas high up in the Himalayas. LUM is the beginning of a long-term research project into sometimes rare or forgotten, sometimes daily and astonishing basic, or in reverse very intricate techniques of fibre-processing and rug crafting.
The fibre is the beginning and expression of all textile quality, it defines the lifetime of a rug, the way it ages the way it lasts. Therefore Studio Daniel Costa choses to work with selected fibres such as yak wool, which has been used by Himalayan nomads to make clothes, ropes, rugs and tends, it is remarkably strong, has a primordial tune, a reassuring hand and a gentle shine. Tibetan sheep wool is characterized by its long and durable nature. Nettle is a plant fibre with innate strength and silent beauty, lending firmness and tactility to textile. In folklore nettle is attributed to the powers of fertility and protection. The collection also includes goat hair, which is another mythological fibre, said to protect from evil, it is antibacterial, archaic, rough and lasting.
Studio Daniel Costa aims for the highest level of craftsmanship as well as for the highest possible quality in fibre, revaluing the maker, the hand and the hand-made, durability and the emotional value of textile. LUM is the humming of a love-song to hand and fibre, matter and people, animals, plants and the fertile soil. An ode to the hand and the hand-me-down.
Thank you Juliette Chrètien for your support and dedication, for your contribution in the realization of the contextual and visual research and for your beautiful, sensuous and atmospheric photography.
EARTH
is a collection of handwoven rugs, cushions and a daybed from hand-spun raw and undyed yak wool and nettle fibre.
The rugs are all custom made with a delay of 3 to 4 months and are available in different finishings. The daybed measures 100x200cm with a pillow of 35x100cm and the cushions 85x85cm.
HENGE
is a hand-woven rug made of hand-spun Tibetan sheep-wool and nettle fiber. I have developed this weaving technique to create an articulated tactile landscape that recalls the silent, mindful and centered qualities of an ancient stone circle.
RHADI
are woven and felted rugs from 100% raw and undyed yak wool.
The rugs are all custom made with a delay of 3 to 4 months. You can choose among the 5 colours and choose how and where you would like the fringe. I am happy to walk through the decision making with you in order to create a rug which has the right earthy, grounded, protective and poetic qualities to fit your inner home and your material house.
FARMLAND
is a rug available as patchwork or as a single rug recalling the soothing impact of fertile soil, stimulating the life-infusing quality of sensorial surfaces and celebrating the feel of vegetable dyed matter.
Available in demand in custom sizes.
FLORALIA
is the celebration of flowers in a 3-dimensional textile. The rug is finely knotted from Tibetan sheep-wool, nettle and silk.
available on demand.
…and many more rugs, crafted in new and ancient techniques, from yak, silk, wool and nettle fibres. Surely all rugs are always hand-spun and hand-woven with utmost care.
