Fabricated Carpet Artisan
Artisan is a word that we don't use often in the US.
There are many places where Artisans are held in high esteem. In Italy for example, trades like glass blowing and ceramics and sculpture and stained glass windows require highly skilled human fingers. These artisans most likely learned from their parents, in a tradition that goes back thousands of years.
An artisan is what it takes to build a one-of-a-kind custom carpet with a logo.
Bob Ford in workshop beveling strips of carpet with scissors.
We are fortunate here at Addison/Dicus & Bailey to have the extraordinary talent of Bob Ford. He fits the artisan bill. He started installing carpet with his father before he got out of high school several decades ago and has been at it ever sense.
Today we want to shine a light on a recent project that everyone will recognize.
Most of us know that the New York Yankees maintain a large spring training facility in Tampa. If you ever have a reason to go there and visit the executive offices, this is what you’ll see on the floor.
Custom fabricated rug with Yankees logo by Bob Ford.
Bob working on the initials for the Yankees custom
Tampa showroom associate, Aaron Mitchell, projected the "NY" logo from a 10-year-old rug to make a pattern and made a pattern from the projection.
Using the pattern, Bob cut the initials "NY" from the white carpet by hand.
"With this kind of technology very available, I can see inserting just about any kind of logo into a custom carpet," he said.
The old carpet and the projected pattern.
Likewise, Bob hand-cut the hole in the center of the background carpet and fit the initials into the hole. Along the seam of the two carpets, Bob hand-beveled the edges. This produced very clean and assertive graphics.
More for the Yankees
Everyone has seen the Yankee logo with an Uncle Sam hat on top of a baseball bat.
Here's Bob's working drawing of that logo to be sewn into another area rug.
We look forward to seeing the outcome.
More Custom Carpets
Here is a small gallery of other custom carpets by Bob Ford Jr.
Closeouts
Tampa
29-SP088
FA #18634 SPANISH CARPET SP088, GREEN/BRN 9X11'11" OR 107.25 S/F
DESIGNER NET $5577
CLOSE OUT $2750
CLOSEUP of 29-SP088
29-SP057
29-SP057
FA #16977 SP057 TRANSITIONAL 9'3"X12' OR 111 SF
DESIGNER NET $5772
CLOSE OUT $2750
CLOSEUP of 29-SP088
Orlando
Ikat, Nepalese
Hand-knotted, wool
Designer Net $1000
CLOSEOUTS $250 EACH
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