A beautiful textile is woven through many steps. Dreaming up the design, calculating yarn amounts, winding yarn, threading the yarn through the heddles and reed...all must be done with care before having a chance at weaving the weft through the warp.
Each step is to be cherished, to be given patience and concentration in full measure.
Every textile is uniquely crafted. Being made by hand, it's impossible to have a duplicate; the movements of the maker entwined in each piece.
textiles.
made distinctive by hand.
with a purpose.
ärdəstrē is a design studio crafting heirloom pieces to be loved for generations.
Love directs all we do.
Love for people, animals and creation.
Great care is taken in selecting raw materials:
-wool is sourced from ethical farmers
-ecological linen is selected
-organic or recycled cotton is chosen over conventional
-dyes that are kind to the earth are prioritized
-local raw materials sourced whenever possible
All people were created with a purpose.
Every one of us equal in worth. ärdəstrē loves each individual's unique
abilities and strengths.
We collaborate with neurodiverse artists, co-creating works of art.
RUGS | PILLOWS | TEXTILE ART
Artists
Grace:
Bio coming soon
Erica:
Perhaps it's the quarter of me that is Armenian...a chance that some distant relative was a weaver.
Perhaps it's the fact that my grandfather worked in a factory with looms.
Perhaps it's the time when I travelled to Ethiopia and witnessed the swiftness with which beautiful fabric was woven and the rhythmic clack of the loom.
Most likely it was a combination of those that led me to love making textiles.