One of our most recent projects we have finished is a large Rep weave rug for a dining room. Rep is a different kind of weave structure than we usually work with. Most of our rugs are “weft face”, meaning that the color and pattern comes from what is woven into the rug horizontally, while [...]
After a restful Holiday break, we are back to work and the studio is a-buzz with lots of strike-offs in the works and a complex rep weave on the loom. Last year we really broadened our visual vocabulary by debuting fresh new designs, and this year we will continue to feature them on our blog! [...]
This week we have several new and exciting things to share! First, we are introducing another new pattern: Shadow Weave. We have called this design ‘Shadow Weave’ because of the way that the elements of the design shadow each other; interlocking and filling the negative spaces. This pattern has an interesting diagonal motion to it. [...]
I have begun work on a set of samples using several new designs. These designs are strong, symmetrical geometric patterns. There is a strong trend in design right now–especially rugs and textiles–toward strong geometry in classic patterns such as lattice and herringbone. I have also noticed that texture is coming back in a big way, [...]
This week we are sharing a striped runner that we made for a good friend. She has lovely teal blues and sand colors throughout her home, which we used in this rug to create a flowing field of color and pattern. We recently upgraded our loom with a Compudobby by AVL Looms. This has allowed [...]
We have done a couple of rugs recently that are playful interpretations of out Pointweave pattern. The first is exploring the use of bold blocks of color. Another version of the pointweave we ahve done recently is a more subtle gradation of colored stripes. The alternation of dark and light in the next rug gives [...]
We recently finished a beautiful custom runner for a client’s home that we’d like to share! This rug is a runner that goes down a flight of stairs with two landings with 90 degree turns at each. Our customer selected an intuitive weave rug in warm olive greens accented with sage, taupe, gold, coral, and [...]
Recently at Lark we have been at work on several jobs which include multiple rugs for the same home space. We would like to share this work on our blog to give an idea to those of you out there who are reading this what kind of work we do best. Having a set of [...]
This week we would like to share a wonderful article with all who visit here. It is written by Jed Perl of American Craft magazine, and is titled “The Artisanal Urge.” In it he addresses many pertinent issues that face the artist/crafter today. As our technology advances, he brings up the fact that the most [...]
TheinterioRevolution, a blog devoted to sustainability in interior design, has written an article about Lark rugs this week. We are so happy to be featured as part of their artisan profile series. We are also excited to be a part of the rising community of eco-concious creativity. You can read Emerald Atkins’ article here: http://www.theinteriorevolution.com/archives/2350