Humans have always been fascinated by the skies. Reaching ever higher. Once upon a time the Babylonians tried to reach the skies to prove their own greatness and today we build highrises, reaching high into the skies. A place for us to call home. A glass box in the sky.

For this collection Jan Kath takes inspiration from the opulent Baroque painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. Their talent for painting skies promisingly bright when the cumulus clouds build up like thick, white balls of cotton or disquieting and full of energy when a storm is brewing over the sea.

“Artists captured a piece of idealized sky in the domes of magnificent churches. The Dutch masters and their archaic sea battles in oil influenced this collection. Always in motion, clouds are impressive snapshots in time.” Jan Kath

In Heiter Bis Wolkig, Jan Kath brings the sky to the living room floor. Though the featured weather conditions are still dramatic and powerful, the carpets never appear brash, but have a calming effect on the soul and eyes. Up to 30 blue or gray tones are used in the carpets. The material mix typical for Jan Kath´s carpets hand carded and hand spun Tibetan highland wool and Chinese silk gives the design a special depth and three dimensionality.