журнал ARTCARPET ArtCarpet #6 2021 ENG | Page 2

COVER :
Alfiz Sabirov ’ s designer carpet The Birth of the Hero combines a thousand-year history of carpet weaving and bronze casting . It is a symbol of protection and preservation of traditions , knowledge of ancestors . The central image of the carpet is a warrior , who is a mythical embodiment . It depicts the process of a great and strong battle , where the warrior is becoming a lion . The combination of the soft and the hard is like the personification of a powerful fundamental and at the same time fragile world , ancient knowledge and traditions .
Wool , silk , bronze . 2021.1250х1500 mm . Collaboration with Persepol carpet studio , Kazan .
@ sabirov . alfiz @ persepol _ carpet _ studio

EDITORIAL TEAM

NAILIA MUSAVI
SVETLANA BIKBAEVA
SVETLANA PANKRATOVA
INNA SHCHEPACHEVA
publisher
editor
designer
interpreter
In this issue , we offer our readers to study properly and get acquainted with the heritage of Anatolian carpets , try to distinguish them , enrich yourselves with new knowledge and experience , which the best of the best share with us .
It is surprising that for our guests carpet has become both a historical document and an artist ’ s canvas , and a way to convey some messages to the world ... With their help , you will find your key which opens the door to this magical world !
I was impressed by the work of Chingiz Babayev . There is a lot of work in his carpets and graphics . In summer I visited the exhibition The Art of Carpet – Evolution of Senses in Kazan and acquainted with him .
The theme of the issue is very unusual , but at the same time exciting . It is interesting to study history of carpet weaving , its origin and development features of this amazing art .