Finns det Hjärterum så finnsdet Stjärterum : en matta att sitta på och samlas runt

Sammanfattning: The Swedish government has declared the year of 2006 a special Year ofMulitculture. This has inspired me to look for similarities and differences allover the world, especially the use of rug carpets.During travelling to Indonesia and a visit to the sister of the Sultan ofYogyakarta, I experienced a pleasant moment drinking chilled lemonade. Wewere all sitting on carpets on the floor. To sit on, and get together around acarpet, is an excellent function which we don’t do in the western world. Herewe use chairs and tables, and there’s not enough room sometimes. Thelatter is something I want to change and develop.The purpose of this final work has been to examine how to cerate differentpatterns and outer shapes for woven rugs. The shapes will be formed byusing PVC plastics and use it’s preferences to melt it in a certain way inorder to create different shapes. My idea for this prototype is to fold it indifferent ways. That to get different colours, shapes, thicknesses and somelevel up. The patterns of my creations are inspired by the old Swedishcarpenter’s tradition of ornate decorative carving.Another impotent aspect has been to get a serious cooperation with anestablished industry. Horredsmattan AB is a small company in the county.They have been my support in weaving, material access and ending thefinish of my carpet.My project has generated two different carpets called Dubbel Lycka (DoubleHappiness) and Glädje (Joy). Each one can be folded and transformed intheir own way. Dubbel Lycka looks like a double weaved fabric which can befolded in a large number of ways. Glädje has got a pattern that gets otherexpressions if you fouled it or if it is cut to pieces. Both carpets have amultipurpose function as a sittingandgettogetherarea.There’s always room for a friend, isn’t it?