The origin of carpet making is said to have started in Persia before spreading to the rest of the world. So what better place to start as a carpet maker. Jan Kath’s undoubtedly most famous collection Erased Heritage is an homage to the traditional oriental carpet and the old master weavers whose artisanal skills created not only what would be the future of carpet making, but enriched the history of the world with their colors and patterns.

Over the centuries, Every community, region, and cultural group in the Middle East have developed a particular style of carpet with different signature features specific to them. Egyptian Mamluk, Iranian Bidjar, and Turkish Konya. By preserving the craft through the Erased Heritage collection, Jan Kath is helping to make sure that these ideas survive into the modern age.

While most carpet weavers read the pattern from a drawing, the patterns for the pieces in the Erased Heritage collection are sung aloud. The loom master, head of the carpet weavers, reads out commands, translates them into a kind of chant and sings the next steps to those tying the knots in a sonorous voice. The results are carpets with a revolutionary look that combine old and new in a way that has never been done before.