Fantastic Azerbaijan rug woven to look like it's melting

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Love the playfulness in the piece :slight_smile: the smearing of colors in the “melty” part of the rug is done really well.

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Dammit, Nancy, I told you not to leave the rug in the sun!

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It… uhh… really… ties the room together?
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Very cool, but I have one look like it’s unraveling.

In not wanting to create some offense, someone went just a little too far with the obeisant intentional mistake.

Is it just me? Do you get a jarring dissonance between the simple, playful idea, and the meticulous execution as a woven rug? Somehow I would be happier if they had done this on a computer, or actually melted a polypropylene rug.

Beautifully done, but… um…

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