The ongoing collaboration with cc-tapis led Cristián Mohaded to open a conversation between his sketches and artisanal production. His creative process started, like all his projects, with pen on paper. Experimenting with movement and layering, he creates depth with his simple gestures, which dance fluidly across paper. cc-tapis translated his instinctive approach to form and movement into a series of hand-woven rugs named Folds, which merge artistic spontaneity with exquisite craftsmanship. What begins as a playful exchange of movement gradually unfolds into a tapestry with each stroke of color layering over the next in a rhythmic composition of depth and texture.
His irregular strokes expand and contract, rise and fold with grace onto each rug, creating a landscape in constant evolution. Like the gradual progression of geological formations, the lines echo the soft contours of stones, the spirals of seashells, the delicate shifts of wind-shaped landscapes.
Gentle tones emerge, breathing life into the textile, where shadows and light blend in a quiet, natural harmony. “With Folds, I wanted to capture the quiet rhythm of nature, its ability to shape and transform itself over time. The lines in these rugs move like whispers in the sand, like ripples in water, always shifting, yet always connected,” says Cristián Mohaded.
