Richard Penna

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Zindekhs

A joyous alternative to modern abstract art paintings, these small vintage Moroccan Zindekhs are made from recycled materials to hand and then knotted on a foundation of recycled plastic grain or flour sacks. These small rugs are made by (mainly older) Berber and Arab women in the Middle Atlas mountains of Morocco for use as door mats and to sit on, the patterns are inventive and spontaneous, the colours often a riot of cheerfulness, each one a genuine, unselfconscious means of self expression. This is imaginative recycling at its best and a timely reminder to reuse.  Easy to hang or frame.

Read more about the exhibition and Souad Larusi's initiative to introduce these interesting weavings to a wider public: 
Waste Knot exhibition 
World of Interiors - Happy Scraps 
More or Less - Zindekhs