…And she walked on a bed of forks

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We Make Carpets is the creative collaboration of visual artist Bob Waardenburg and designers Stijn van der Vleuten and Marcia Nolte.  Their carpets are constructed by hand with ordinary every day materials in a very extraordinary way.

Each carpet is a temporary, handcrafted masterpiece, made on the spot with no thought out plans or sketches beforehand. The artists choose a material and commence on a journey  laying down the chosen materials into intricate patterns.  Whether it is pasta, pine cones, coffee cups, or band-aids, the shape of the carpet seems to be dictated by the materials used.

With the amount of time and attention to detail that it takes to make each one, it’s kinda sad to think that they aren’t meant to last.

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Forest Carpet

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Coffee Carpet- cups filled with coffee and other colored beverages

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Wounded Carpet made of bandages

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Wounded Carpet

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Patsa carpet

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Pasta carpet

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Fork carpet

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Fork carpet

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Mustard carpet made of mustard seeds and other seeds

we make carpets eco friendly art sevenhalos

Army Carpet made with green and sand colored army men we make carpets eco friendly art sevenhalos

Army Carpet made with green and sand colored army men

we make carpets eco friendly art sevenhalos

Brick Carpet

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Brick Carpet

we make carpets eco friendly art sevenhalos

Brick Carpet

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Clean Carpet made with q-tips, cotton balls and wipes

we make carpets eco friendly art sevenhalos

Clean Carpet

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