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General information about Afghan rugs and carpets.

The Met Museum Releases 375,000 Images into Public Domain

The Metropolitan Museum in New York has made a tremendous contribution to the public domain by releasing hundreds of thousands of photos under a Creative Commons Zero license. The Museum has made available a wealth of information licensed for almost any use. Here are a few examples found in a search for “weaving”.

Harry Tyler (1801–1858)
Coverlet, 1839
American,
Wool, cotton, woven; 83 1/2 x 75 1/2 in. (212.1 x 191.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Mrs. Roger Brunschwig Gift, 1993 (1993.369)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/14794

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/14794?sortBy=Relevance&what=Woven&ao=on&ft=*&offset=10608&rpp=100&pos=10638

Panel with Boys at Play
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
late 16th–early 17th century
China
Tapestry-woven (kesi) silk and metallic thread
Overall: 18 1/4 x 15 in. (46.4 x 38.1 cm)

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44125?sortBy=Relevance&what=Woven&ao=on&ft=*&offset=10708&rpp=100&pos=10727

1832
American
Woven silk
8 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (21.6 x 9.5 cm)

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13552?sortBy=Relevance&what=Woven&ao=on&ft=*&offset=10508&rpp=100&pos=10593

18th–19th century
Japan
Silk
3 1/2 x 6 in. (8.89 x 15.24 cm)

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/67544?sortBy=Relevance&what=Woven&ao=on&ft=*&offset=9808&rpp=100&pos=9825

16th–17th century
Italian, Florence
Silk and linen
L. 139 x W. 19 1/4 inches (loom width) (353.1 x 48.9 cm)

8th–9th century
Eastern Iran or Sogdiana
Silk
13 3/8 x 17 5/16 in. (34 x 44 cm)

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73310?sortBy=Relevance&what=Woven&ao=on&ft=*&offset=10708&rpp=100&pos=10755

19th century
Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung province, Semangka Bay region
Pasisir people
Cotton
L. 27 x W. 27 in. (68.6 x 68.6 cm)

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316416?sortBy=Relevance&what=Woven&ao=on&ft=*&offset=10908&rpp=100&pos=11002

NPR Coverage on Impressions at Mike Weiss Gallery, NYC

Not only am I into the art of presenting and selling war rugs but, I’m also a rock sculptor, reviving the original carvings through impressions presented at the Mike Weiss Gallery. Check out this write up on NPR, written by contributor, Alva Noe : http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/04/23/474717276/making-art-from-life

Art is about context …

I sure hope you got a chance to check out those story-felt Afghan war rugs at Temple University’s Samuel L. Paley’s Library , room 303.

Afghan War Rug Exhibition at Temple University

War rug art is fascinatingly educational friends! Temple University’s Samuel L. Paley Library, in room 309, is currently holding a Afghan war rug exhibition that contains 14 of my Afghan war rugs. These rugs tell stories and contain history which, ” helps contextualize a group of people that many Americans know very little about.” Theirs so much to be learned and talked about. Go check it out!

This show has curated by Alicia Cunningham-Bryant and student assistant curators, Ilana Napoli, and Rachel Morin.

Thank you Temple!
#TempleU

NY Arts Magazine Piece about Sudeith’s Petroglyphs

Kris Scheifele wrote a conversational piece about my work for NY Arts Magazine.

Inspired by the human activity surrounding the rock outcroppings that serve as his canvas, Sudeith uses transportation motifs to explore his primary subjects: food, energy, and scientific exploration.