Hand-Knotted Textile Poster #10 By Lyk Carpet

Hand-Knotted textile poster #11 by Lyk carpetOne of a kind.Dimensions: W 140 x L 164 cm.Materials: 100% hand-spun tibetan highland wool from living sheep, traditionally plant-dyed, pot-dyed.Manual techniques and traditional pot-dying makes every piece unique, slight variations in size & tone are possible. Designs #9, #10 and #11 expand the graphic tapestry collection of her sustainable carpet label Lyk Carpet to include the new DIN A0 size and once again demonstrate the creative range that Mareike Lienau achieves by playfully combining basic geometric shapes.Mareike Lienau achieves by playfully combining basic geometric shapes. At the centre of her design process is always the exploration of the effect of structure, texture, facture and colour in space. In design #11, some light-dark contrasts charge the otherwise harmonious colour palette of brown and beige tones in an exciting way. An additional visual break is provided by the raised pink semicircle that adjoins a yellow, vertically designed surface as well as the black and white mottled trapezoid with a slanted, mint-green fringe, which are opposite the upper area defined by squares and horizontals.Mareike Lienau designs carpet objects and unique carpets for her label Lyk Carpet, which are hand knotted in Nepal. Her mission is to reinterpret craft and to bring it closer to young people. The superficial functionality of the She tries to radically question the superficial functionality of the carpet. Away from the rectangle Mareike wants to positive, lustful and imaginative the form & the craft, the material new, unseen and exaggerated show.Her approach asks: ‘What is contemporary about craft?‘ ,“Many people don’t really relate to products anymore. Mass production has led to today’s throwaway society. I want to contribute to raising people’s awareness, prompting them to think about products: how they are made and the resources involved; to generate values. I decided to do this through supporting the preservation of a cultural heritage, and by designing authentic objects. Contemplating and experiencing this artistic craft leads to new insights and points of view and enriches communication.With my textile posters and Pouf_Characters for example I am inviting people to ac- quaint themselves with a value creation chain, and to think about global responsibility.“