A collaboration between Marc Phillips Rugs and architect Jamie Bush, Field Studies translates aerial paintings of crop fields into rugs layered from silk, wool, hemp and allo – a wild Himalayan nettle.
A rug is usually admired for its pattern. Field Studies, a new collection designed by Jamie Bush for Marc Phillips Rugs, is defined by its fibres. The collection, shown at Other Circle for Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign, layers silk, wool, hemp and allo at varying pile heights. The various textures create a surface that shifts underfoot and rewards a closer look.
The combination of fibres used for the range are a unique mix. Allo is Himalayan giant nettle, Girardinia diversifolia, a plant that grows wild in the mid-altitude forests of Nepal between roughly 1,000 and 3,000 metres. Unlike hemp or cotton, it isn’t farmed but rather harvested by hand from the forest floor and processed by communities who have spun and woven it for centuries. The fibre is longer and stronger than flax, which is what gives the rug a textural presence. Alongside this silk brings a subtle sheen, wool for the body, and hemp the structure.
The handmade rug patterns translate abstracted aerial paintings into woven surfaces. Designed by Los Angeles-based architect, designer and artist Jamie Bush, taking his artworks and reimagining them as woven rugs.
Aerial images of crop field patterns were the starting point, where these organic forces were translated into varied textures and shapes. The effect turns a flat composition into something closer to terrain.
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