cc-tapis CAR PARK 2 Handmade rug

CAR PARK 21 is a handmade Himalayan wool and pure silk rug.‎‎‎ COLOR COMBINATION: lime yellow / glitch pink MATERIALS: Himalayan wool, pure silk QUALITY: A (125.‎000 knots / sqm) Nostalgia and experimentation lead the creative process responsible for the new TCP, Tonnara Car Park, collection by Dutch based studio Odd Matter.‎ The ephemeral nature of sand became the starting point to a collection where transient movement and marks become permanently engrained in the surface of a hand-knotted rug.‎ “The collection tries to capture a fragment of the moments that no one came to see but for a short period was a part of.‎” In their own words, Els and Giorgi describe the nostalgia that started the process: “We stopped the car and found a spot to park in the sun.‎ After a last swim it was time to head back.‎ Our thoughts were drawn to the sand as we were walking back, it had been under the blazing sun for hours and was boiling hot.‎ Hiding behind the open doors of the car, we changed under a towel whilst taking in the view for another moment.‎ Trying to rub off the sand before getting in the car, the interior of which had turned to lava, we were unable to touch the steering wheel.‎ Driving off, leaving behind the temporary soft traces of our presence in the sand, whilst erasing those of the people that came before us.‎ The unintentional and unexpected patterns left behind in the sand is what inspired the TCP Collection.‎”