The cut pile technique begins the same way as a flat weave — threads on a loom, a wooden shuttle, the same patient rhythm. What changes is what happens after each row: loops of wool are cut by hand with scissors, leaving raised fibers that stand away from the surface.
The result is a long cut pile wool rug with a depth that no flat weave can achieve. The surface is dense, dimensional, almost tactile from across the room. Each row of raised fibers catches light differently depending on the direction — running your hand against it, then with it, produces two different sensations and two different tones.
The natural tone is undyed sheep wool. No pigments at any stage. The cream-white color is the fiber itself — warm, with the slight variation of hand-spun yarn that no industrial process can replicate.
Built entirely by hand, without electricity, in northern Argentina. The same artisan communities that weave flat rugs also make this long cut pile wool rug — the technique is more labor-intensive, which is why it exists in fewer colorways.
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