PURE or COMBINATIONS OF:
GENUINE CHINESE SILK
NEW ZEALAND WOOL
HIMALAYAN WOOL
CACTUS
JUTE.
NOTHING ELSE

WE DRAW OUR RUGS IN EUROPE, THEN EXPERT CRAFTSPEOPLE WEAVE THEM BY HAND IN NEPAL USING THE TRADITIONAL TIBETAN KNOT.

IT TAKES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 11 AND 25 WEEKS TO HAND WEAVE A JEFF AIRD RUG. THE CRAFTSPEOPLE DESERVE HUGE CEDIT FOR THEIR WORK.

WE USE ONLY THE FINEST, NATURAL FIBRES:

WORM-SPUN CHINESE SILK, HIMALAYAN AND NEW ZEALAND WOOL, JUTE, CACTUS.

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NO HANDLOOM. NO TUFTING. NO MACHINES.

NO BAMBOO SILK. NO VISCOSE. NO ART SILK.

SLOW FASHION

WEAVERS HAND KNOT A RUG HORIZONTALLY - LEFT TO RIGHT OR VICE-VERSA - ALONG TAUGHT VERTICAL COTTON STRANDS, MAINTAINING PRECISION AND CONSISTENCY IN THE DESIGN.

A WEIGHTED COMB-LIKE IMPLEMENT - A CHAKESE - IS THEN USED TO COMPACT THE KNOTS TOGETHER.

A WEAVER FOLLOWS THOUSANDS OF TINY POINTS MAPPED ONTO A LIFE-SIZE DRAWING OF A RUG DESIGN, SWITCHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT COLOURED YARNS OF SILK OR WOOL ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN.

PRIOR TO WEAVING, THE WOOL OR SILK MUST BE PROCURED, CLEANED, COMBED, DYED AND SPUN INTO YARNS.

GOODWEAVE

INTERNATIONAL

GOODWEAVE IS HEADQUARTERED IN WASHINGTON DC AND HAS OFFICES AND MONITORING TEAMS IN TEXTILE MANUFACTURING HOTSPOTS AROUND THE GLOBE.

THEY CONDUCT INVASIVE CHECKS ON PARTICIPATING GOODWEAVE-CERTIFIED RUG WEAVING HOUSES AND ON CLOTHING COMPANIES, WITH NO PRIOR WARNING, TO CHECK THAT NO UNDERAGE WORKERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSPORTING OR PRODUCING MATERIALS; IN THE WEAVING ITSELF; OR IN ANY OF THE FINISHING PROCESSES.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SOURCE FROM AND WORK WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY, TO ENSURE THAT THE HARDWORKING WOMEN AND MEN WHO MAKE OUR RUGS ARE BEING TREATED FAIRLY ALONG THE CHAIN OF PRODUCTION.

THIS MEANS FAIR WAGES AND GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS… AND THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, INSTEAD OF WORKING ALONGSIDE THEM, WHICH HAPPENS ALL TOO OFTEN IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.

WORKING WITH GOODWEAVE-CERTIFIED SUPPLIERS AND WEAVERS HELPS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PARTIES IN THE TRADE ARE BEING MONITORED AND ARE STICKING TO FAIR TRADE RULES AND PRINCIPLES.

WE HAVE CAREFULLY CHOSEN AND PARTNERED WITH A GOODWEAVE CERTIFIED PRODUCTION TEAM DURING IN-PERSON VISITS IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.

JEFF AIRD HAS BEEN VISITING AND WORKING WITH THIS WEAVING TEAM SINCE 2014.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY MANAGED ETHICALLY; THEIR LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP IS OF THE VERY HIGHEST STANDARD.

ALL JEFF AIRD RUGS ARE GOODWEAVE^™ CERTIFIED.

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