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Quality and Manufacturing

Jan Kath is one of the most important carpet designers on the international stage. His carpets can be found everywhere – in the homes of Arabian royalty, in the Washington residence of former US President Bill

Clinton, in the villa of rock star Anthony Kiedis in d & p hoto-Downloa i nfo www.jan-kath.com Hawaii, in private suites at the “Four Seasons” in Cairo, on the luxury yachts of multinational­ oil conglomer- ates, and in the showrooms of important Parisian fash- ion labels.

With regard to size, format, and materials, the carpets can be made according to individual wishes. Even items from the collections can be freely combined with one another in a kind of modular design system. Yarns from wool, silk, and stinging nettles are available in a range of over 1,200 colors. Kath’s modern designs first take shape on comput- ers in the creative center in Bochum in the Ruhr district of Germany and are sent electronically to be made in Nepal, Thailand, India, or Morocco. Nevertheless, he relies on long-established production methods for the realization of his ideas. The carpets are handwoven in the Himalayas in Agra, the ancient Mogul capital in India or in the Atlas mountains of Morocco in line with centuries-old traditions and at manufacturing sites that are often still run as small family busi- nesses. There are between 100 and 450 knots in every square inch of carpet (6.45 square centimeters). It takes three to four months to weave a carpet measuring 2.5 × 3 meters. For the collections made in Asia, the basic material is Tibetan highland wool, which is of the high- est grade and has the most robust quality available. Shepherds use kath jan booklet Press yaks to bring the wool from the mountains to the base station, where it is washed in the river before being carded (combed) and spun by hand. Only ecologically tested that are purely natural or specially produced in Switzerland are used in the dyeing process. In addition to the wool, the finest Chinese silk and yarn from stinging-nettle fibers help create appealing reflec­tions and an exceptional haptic experi- ence. One-of-a-kind natural materials in combination with manual produc­tion techniques lend each carpet its own particular character, i ng anufactur Q ual i ty an d making it a unique piece. M Page 11

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Fair payment and good working conditions are a matter, of course, for Jan Kath. Together with Label d & Photo-Downloa i nfo www.jan-kath.com STEP, we are fully committed to adhering to strict social and ecological standards in the production of carpets.

STEP was founded as an independent non-governmental organization in 1995 by well-known aid organizations such as Bread for the World, Caritas, and Swissaid. It has an active local presence in all of the major carpet-producing countries, including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, and Turkey. Independent inspec­­­­­ tors regularly visit production sites to check the working conditions. Based on current market prices, Label STEP calculates the wages re- quired by carpet weavers and other workers to cover the cost of food, health care, living, energy, clothes, and education for them- selves and their families. Both STEP and Jan Kath are firmly against exploitative child labor. A system of fair trade and rigorous regulation helps to prevent child labor and also combats its causes by improving working conditions and increasing wages. It also creates prospects for young people: only when parents earn enough to secure a liveli- hood for their families, can they afford to send their children to school instead of letting them work. “I’ve lived and worked in Nepal and Mongolia for several years myself,” says Kath. He feels a close con­ nection with the locals in these countries and visits the production kath jan booklet Press facilities every month. “Of course, it’s a moral imperative. But it’s also in our own interest as a business to make sure that we provide the right working conditions. We set up day cares so our employees’ children don’t run around playing between the weaving stools. This gives our workers the peace and quiet they need to concentrate – many of our designs are highly intricate and difficult to create. We also want to keep the craft of weaving appealing. After all, we need a motivated skilled workforce in our factories, both for today and in the i ng anufactur

future.” To find out more, visit www.label-step.org O ur S elf- i mage M Mogul capitals of India and in our experimental workshop in Afghanistan.” ancient the in Agra, and Anatolia in projectsfor technique this “Weuse method, knotting Turkish the which has uses transcended the geographical boundaries of also weaving regions. Kath Jan own. its into come way to allow the rich sheen of the white wool from the Atlas highlands to onlythe is surface,which the on open to yarn the causes method cated nique that results in a rustic, archaic effect.” This seemingly unsophisti- explains Kath. “In Morocco, for example, we use a nomadic Berber tech- forms of expression, and I have made it mymission to keep them alive,” signature features to vary from village to village. “I adore these different In character. individual own Persia,uncommonnot birthplaceis the it rug, forthe of techniques and their with carpets produced have tures cul- and countries Many Himalayas. the to confined not is hand by ing used have Nepal, Kathmandu, Tibetan in techniques. However, it goes workerswithout saying that the factoryart of weav- the now, years 16 that have existed for hundreds of years when it comes to production. For craftsmanship of styles favors he world, the seeing of ways traditional from away break designs his Although hand. by knots tying of traditional method the supported always has KATH JAN form. textile in piece a realize more to takes it the longer the and is, becomes, pattern knot design the detailed a complex more The teamwork. real requires It knots. of row next the begin usinga to possible tight it is packed then hammer.Only and comb thread” the “closing with place in fixed are knots the complete, is row a horizontally.growOnce rugs our because carpet The rug. weavers need to the work in complete of harmony and at an equal frame pace. This is basic the form which threads, warp the areloom the on them of front in out Stretched bench. a on side by side To produce a piece that is 2.5 meters wide, four or five carpet weavers sit paa patternlike the appears centimeter, A carpet roofs of houses. It is a sophisticated art to get the finer details just right. wet and carefully laid out to dry in the sun in inner courtyards and on the they areto shape, givepiecesfinal their stretched frame when a still on for deciding whether a carpet looks brand new or centuries old. In order respon­ therefore is wash The appearance. subdued emphatically an them give or colors the of brilliance the out bring can It piece. a of This is an important process that has a major influence on the final look washing. begin: can stage second the tied, been has knot last the and After the carpet has grown inch by inch over several months on the loom rom an inkjet printer. inkjet an from inch. complete every 6.45 square centimeters, or one square to knots 450 and 100 between takes it created, is KATH grows very slowly. knotted HAND- en a When Row by row, centimeter by by rug hand-made e emergin ge sible JAN

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tokio jan kath info & photo-Download Page collection Press booklet www.jan-kath.com 57 the world,” explains Kath. He shows an equal interest in around traveling am I when carpets my for inspiration the get “I silk. and wool of out mural fabric elaborate thecreate to months threeweavers carpet experienced using some 150,000 knots per square meter, taking four for stage new a street on art. Even the finest gradation curtain of color is reproduced the raising carpets, onto artists graffiti unknown cities major other and Angeles Los YorkNewCity, from of designs has the Kath brought Jan now collection, ARTISTS UNKNOWN the In zeit such not, than often ue ae pae with sprayed are houses In abriefmomentwhennobody’slookin g, usually inamatter ofmereminutes,thewallso f geist andthemoodofanentireeneration –not justsmearsofpaint. the o f expression powerful a art, of work exciting an is graffiti graffiti. UNKNOWN People ARTISTS v acknowledged have

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