NOVEMBER 22, 2023
NATURALLY UNIQUE
NATURALLY UNIQUE
The carpets are knotted by hand in the workshops according to centuries-old traditions. more than 2,500 weavers work for jan kath around the world.
There are between 100 and 450 knots in every 6.45 square centimeters (one square inch). The main material used in the collections made in Kathmandu (Nepal) and Agra (India) is wool from the Tibetan highlands, one of the highest quality and most robust of all materials. Herdsmen use yaks to bring the wool from the mountains to the base station where it is then washed in the river and subsequently carded (combed) and spun by hand.
There are between 100 and 450 knots in every 6.45 square centimeters (one square inch). The main material used in the collections made in Kathmandu (Nepal) and Agra (India) is wool from the Tibetan highlands, one of the highest quality and most robust of all materials. Herdsmen use yaks to bring the wool from the mountains to the base station where it is then washed in the river and subsequently carded (combed) and spun by hand.
Every jan kath carpet can be individually designed in terms of size, format, and materials. even the collections can be combined with each other using a kind of modular system.
The yarns made from wool, silk, and nettle fibers are available in more than 1,200 colors. While the designs are conceived using a computer at the creative center in Bochum and sent via the Internet to the workshops in Nepal, India, Morocco, or Turkey, Jan Kath is uncompromising when it comes to producing his modern designs and he insists on using old production methods.
