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The Prayer Rug; a Unity of Symbol and Ritual FREE DISTRIBUTION ; DOMOTEX HANNOVER 2014 MENA News Carpetw w w . m e n a c a r p e t n e w s . c o m Volume 2 | Issue 6 | January 2014 Middle East and North Africa Carpet World Sponsored by: INSIDE DOMOTEX HANNOVER Kohan Textile Journal ideas and inspiration for the global floor coverings industry Persian Hand-Knotted - Clear early signs of a successful, highly inter- Carpet Think Tank Safavid Animal Carpets............17 national DOMOTEX 2014 - Innovations@DOMOTEX to highlight fresh ideas - Wood Flooring Summit 2014 heading for The Iranian Hand-Made new heights Carpet Data Bank he world’s leading tradeshow for the Shirazi Trading www.shirazitrading.com Textiles from Uzbekistan in floor coverings industry, next runs from Calgary ......................................5 11 to 14 January in Hannover, Germany, ADVERTISING INDEX Twhere it will once again shine as the premier shop window for new trends and innova- Abrisham mahan Delijan.....Page1 tive lifestyle design. 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MENACarpetNews Larger studios employ someone solely for purchasing and ensuring Turkish carpet firm intro- WOOl that the wool used is of the highest quality. duces heating prayer rug QuAliTy Wool quality also has an impact urkish firm Nursace Textiles has introduced a new elec- on the dyeing process, and high- tronically powered prayer rug which will provide warmth quality wool generates more attrac- to the user during winters for praying in the mosques. Crucial to a good result tive colors as plant dyes ‘bite’ more T evenly. The heated prayer rug would help devotees living in colder heep enjoying losing its warm fleece. Be- atmospheres to carry on with their daily Namaz prayers, a The type of wool used also has a fore the wool is ready for use in a carpet, Muslim prayer of repentance. major impact on the price a carpet it must be sorted, washed, carded, spun Chairman of Nursace Textiles Ismail Bayezit said the idea of can command. Choosing a carpet Sand dyed. creating such a prayer rug is to provide comfort for devotees with high wool quality is almost al- while performing their daily rituals. ways worth the money, as this type A fact that is often forgotten is that in carpet of carpet is beautiful to look at, soft manufacturing, a high quality wool is crucial The prayer rug operates on carbon heaters because of which to touch and lasts much longer. The to the end result. A perfect example of this is it would consume lesser power than any other electronic de- high-quality wool adds the finishing the Persian Gabbeh carpet. Generally they are vice and in order to maintain the heat, insulation material is touch and is dirt and water repellent used under the rug, he added. weaved using wool from sheep that graze high ensuring it stays beautiful longer. The Nursace heating prayer rug has been also manufactured up in the mountains, which makes the wool in a way that it could be folded into a laptop bag, for the com- stronger and more oily. fort of carrying around. The user can fold the rug and use it as This, combined with a laptop bag after finishing prayers. the fact that the yarn is hand spun, produces Mr. Bayezit also informed that the Alaadin Mosque in Belgium a very soft and dura- has already installed samples of the Nursace heating prayer ble carpet. Nomads rug. Over 200 sq mts praying area of the mosque has been usually use wool from covered with the prayer rug and the keepers of the mosque the sheep they breed would switch on the power before devotees enter so that the themselves. That way ambiance is already set at a warm temperature, he added. they are involved in the whole process. The Nursace Textiles firm one of the leading manufacturers of Hadji supplies (Islamic prayer supplies) in Turkey, producing prayer mats and rugs for mosques as well as Imam (prayer) and Hadji (pilgrimage) suits and gowns for devotees.. 2 Mena Carpet News, Ambassador of Carpet of Mena Region January 2014 MENACarpetNews January 2014 3 MENACarpetNews 4 January 2014 MENACarpetNews was a much larger cloth and is double sided. Two samples Textiles from of ghilam (knotted pile carpets) and a small selection of FRONT LONDON: embroideries complements the exhibition, illustrating the Uzbekistan in Calgary both the breadth of Uzbek textile technology as well as the Floor Cool Comes to Town prevalence of certain designs and a shared orientation to by Michele Hardy nomadic life. e have been looking forward to the arrival in Lon- All images by Dave Brown Nickle Galleries is housed within the Taylor Family Digital Wdon of rugs by Jan Kath and Michaela Schley- Library at the University of Calgary. It offers an important pen for years! Finally two of the world’s coolest carpet t is Monday morning. In Calgary we woke up to a bliz- counterpoint to the use of digital research material within brands are being stocked in the heart of London, at zard and the promise of a frigid week ahead. That said, the library. We strive to offer students opportunities for ex- the new FRONT store at 20 Bruton Place in Mayfair. Nickle Galleries was warm and vibrant last week as periential learning, to develop visual literacy, and engage FRONT had stands at Decorex and Tent during the Iwe celebrated the unveiling of a new public art installa- London Design Festival last month and last Thursday with unique primary sources from Western, Central and tion and a number of exhibition openings, including Ram Eastern Asia. the FRONT store opened its doors. It is open Monday to Horns and Scorpion Tails: Textiles from Uzbekistan. This . Friday 10am until 6pm so if you are in town pop along to exhibition is the first major textile exhibition to be mounted see the inspiring work of Kath and Schleypen. in the new Nickle Galleries (formerly, The Nickle Arts Mu- seum) on the campus of the University of Calgary, in Al- berta, Canada. Ram Horns and Scorpion Tails includes a variety of Uzbek textiles purchased by Dr. Lloyd Erikson in Istanbul in the early 90’s. Prominent among them are a series of okenli- ghilam–large textiles composed of alternating strips of nar- Opening night at FRONT row woven cloth.
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