Deep Sunset in Kathmandu
One of the reasons we are here in Kathmandu is to supervise the final finishing of a large Deep Sunset rug with bespoke colours before it is sent to our client in Mexico. The weavers have worked incredibly hard to produce this piece ahead of schedule. We have seen the progress of the rug on the loom and are now excited to see it in its last day of production. Here is the original design and the colours we picked together with the interior designers to adapt Deep Sunset to work with their colour scheme.
Below you can see the Deep Sunset’s progress as it is being woven.
Each weaver weaves the width of the shoulders – about 1m – so this 6m rug required 6 weavers
to weave side by side – at a 100 knots they weave around 12cm a day.
This is the ancient art of weaving on the loom that has not changed in centuries!
After the weaving was completed the Deep Sunset rug was washed in Himalayan rainwater and
then dried in the sun on the roof tops – you get an idea of the scale of it in this picture below:
Once the rug has been dried the final finishing starts – binding the edges and carving definition between the colours with very large hand held carving scissors.
We double checked the rug’s colours, the finishing and made an general inspection of the rug –
We were very happy!
The Deep Sunset was ready to go after a couple of hours of final finishing. It took quite a few
strong men to get it loaded on a palette and into the FedEx van.
It left the Kathmandu Valley on Friday the 5th January and by Monday the 8th January it was with our client in the USA where it was going on to Mexico. Well done FedEx we are once again impressed that you can go from Kathmandu to California in one weekend!
Our client (one of the top 100 interior designers in the USA) was delighted:
“The rug will be stunning in the home in Mexico and I can’t wait to see it pull everything together. Thank you so much for everything“.
Here is the rug at its final destination – the gorgeous beach house in Mexico!