Carpets

Sophie Dries then worked on these ghost patterns to create a carpet to the scale of the body, 150 X 200 cm. She was interested in the very special process of the Jan Kath factory, which, once weaving is completed, uses volumes to reveal a pattern in relief.

The carpets are produced by Jan Kath workshops, using a Persian knot that descends from an ancestral Mogul weaving skill specific to certain regions of Northern India, in the city of Agra (where the Taj Mahal is located). Descendants of the Persian people, the Moguls master the quality of knotting necessary for the treatment applied to the carpet in order to obtain an antique effect. Using a unique artificial erosion technique, Jan Kath atelier produces an original visual result. Wool is reduced to the simplest expression of its weft while silk offers relief in bright, lustrous colors. 

During a research trip to the villa Can Lis, Sophie Dries discovered the «Traces» of its walls and transferred them onto paper using charcoal. Highlighting the cut marks of the manually sawn stone as the stigmata of time on the construction, perceptible in the tiny cracks.