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Space Cossacks, Hand-Knotted Wool Rug by OLK Manufactory

About the Item
The product represents a traditional Ukrainian kilim, handwoven on a vertical loom by a
group of artisans according to the folk carpet-making technique. The base of the kilim is
hemp thread and the carpet cloth is made of hand-dyed wool yarn.
The artwork is based off of Levchenya’s reinvention of the regional folk kilims by giving
them a modern twist. The artist extracted ornaments and symbols from the regional
Ukrainian kilims of the second half of the 19th century, redrew and updated them,
introducing a reinterpreted character of a spaceman. Blurring the line between the past
and the present, the Space Cossacks symbolize the humankind that has entered the new
stage of progress. The innovativeness of the plot is established on the desire to evolve and
thrive in the modern life context.
Ukrainian artist and founder of OLK manufactory Oksana Levchenya designs traditional kilims with a contemporary take. The kilim, handwoven on a vertical loom by a group of artisans according to the folk carpet-making technique. It is a continuation of the unique collection of traditional vertical kilims with implanted symbols of modern pop culture into ancient folk patterns.
- Dimensions:Width: 125.99 in (320 cm)Length: 102.37 in (260 cm)
- Style:Modern (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:2017
- Production Type:New & Custom(Limited Edition)
- Estimated Production Time:Available Now
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- Seller Location:Warsaw, PL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5728226621382
OLK Manufactory
OLK Manufactory is a Kyiv-based company that produces traditional and modern hand-woven rugs and tapestries. The company was founded by a Ukrainian artist and designer Oksana Levchenya. The artist has managed to create a new product by combining unique modern designs, folk ornaments and traditional crafting technique. OLK Manufactory produces four types of woven articles: tapestries for quasi-ethnography; reproductions of ancient Ukrainian flatweaves; kilims with implanted symbols of modern pop culture into folk patterns of the 16th – 18th centuries; rugs inspired by Suprematism, a modernist art movement founded by Kazimir Malevich at the beginning of the XX century. Manufacturing process
Vertical kilims, produced in OLK Manufactory, are an area landmark in the craftsmanship of Ukrainian carpet-weaving. An extremely intricate traditional technique, manual weaving, ranging back to the 16th century, has been preserved in OLK’s manufacturing process. Each stage of production – design, yarn-dyeing, intertwining by hand and steaming of the ready-made kilim is realized directly in the workshop. This enables to oversee the entire process and pay attention to every detail. The key concerns of the company are ecological cleanliness of production and highly paid labor of masters since no machines are used during the kilim production process.
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