The Same Stadium, a Different Era

The Same Stadium, a Different Era

Years later, the same client came back with another photograph.

Same stadium.
A completely different time.

New cars.
New crowds.
New energy.

This time, we made the rug in colour – still 9 × 6 feet, still 11/11 quality, still woven by the same level of master craftsmen.

The detailing was intense:
Every shadow, every cloud, every highlight was created through colour placement – not effects, not washes.

Placed together, the two rugs tell a quiet story:
▶️ One captures memory
▶️ The other captures continuity

Some of these rugs now sit in private spaces.
One was gifted back to the stadium.
Another to a private club in Chicago.

For me, this project defines what hand-knotted rugs can truly be.

They don’t have to be patterns or florals.
They can be personal.
They can be historical.
They can hold time.

When craft is pushed to its limits, a rug stops being décor.
It becomes a time capsule.

P.S. This is Part 2 in a series on how hand-knotted rugs are used not just to decorate spaces, but to record stories.