Armenian nature has lots of stones, not in vain the country was called the country of stones. In folk art and craft Armenian weavers tried to reflect the world that surrounded them. Karastan rugs are a wonderful creation that depicts the main evolution of the nation and the history of this ancient country.
Handmade carpet weaving and the craft of braiding karastan rugs
in Armenia is known from the times immemorial. The making of pile carpets was spread over the whole territory of the country, but the main its centers have always been – Yerevan, Igevansky, Leninakansky, Stepanovsky, Sevansky, Zangezursky.
The main characteristic feature in Karastan rugs is a geometrized plant ornament, which combines flower motives, animals and birds’ images and many other things. According to the complicity and interweaving of ornamentation, the coherency of color decision Karastan rugs can indeed be called marvelous and fantastic.
Karastan rugs are a reflection of creativeness and fantasy of many generations of weaving art masters. |
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