{"id":2469,"date":"2012-11-15T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:31:07","slug":"we-make-carpets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/we-make-carpets\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists: We Make Carpets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/fork_wemakecarpets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/we-make-carpets\/fork_wemakecarpets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/fork_wemakecarpets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"670,461\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fork_wemakecarpets\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/fork_wemakecarpets-300x206.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/fork_wemakecarpets.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2472\" title=\"fork_wemakecarpets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/fork_wemakecarpets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/fork_wemakecarpets.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/fork_wemakecarpets-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wemakecarpets.nl\" target=\"_blank\">We Make Carpets<\/a> is a 3-person artist group weaving temporary contemporary carpet installations from anything but thread. Using objects such as forks, clothespins, and pasta, We Make Carpets define their work as a critique on our consumer driven society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/peg_wemakecarpets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2473\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/we-make-carpets\/peg_wemakecarpets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/peg_wemakecarpets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1072,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"peg_wemakecarpets\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/peg_wemakecarpets-300x223.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/peg_wemakecarpets-1024x764.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2473\" title=\"peg_wemakecarpets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/peg_wemakecarpets-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/peg_wemakecarpets-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/peg_wemakecarpets-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/peg_wemakecarpets.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cocktail_wemakecarpets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/we-make-carpets\/cocktail_wemakecarpets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cocktail_wemakecarpets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1074,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cocktail_wemakecarpets\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cocktail_wemakecarpets-300x223.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cocktail_wemakecarpets-1024x762.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2470\" title=\"cocktail_wemakecarpets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cocktail_wemakecarpets-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cocktail_wemakecarpets-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cocktail_wemakecarpets-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cocktail_wemakecarpets.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/disposable_wemakecarpets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/we-make-carpets\/disposable_wemakecarpets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/disposable_wemakecarpets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1074,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"disposable_wemakecarpets\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/disposable_wemakecarpets-300x223.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/disposable_wemakecarpets-1024x762.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2471\" title=\"disposable_wemakecarpets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/disposable_wemakecarpets-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/disposable_wemakecarpets-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/disposable_wemakecarpets-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/disposable_wemakecarpets.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Make Carpets is a 3-person artist group weaving temporary contemporary carpet installations from anything but thread. Using objects such as forks, clothespins, and pasta, We Make Carpets define their work as a critique on our consumer driven society.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,105,281],"tags":[37,125,1871,404],"class_list":["post-2469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-installation","category-mixed-media","tag-art","tag-artist-2","tag-installation","tag-we-make-carpets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-DP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2321,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/07\/anne-lindberg-installation-time-lapse\/","url_meta":{"origin":2469,"position":0},"title":"Artist: Anne Lindberg &#8211; Installation Time Lapse","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"November 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bAj1AgzaHIM Check out this great time lapse video of the installation of Anne Lindberg's piece Drawn Pink\u00a0at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha. 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