Eco Friendly Mats

eco friendly, natural organic, reed grass mat area rug, completely hand woven and hand made.These mats are woven on a frame loom made out of bamboo. Warp is of colored cotton and the weft is a madur kathi reed.

* Dimensions - 5 X 7 Feet and

6 X 7 Feet

* These mats locally called Madur mats are made from a thin soft reed called madur kathi reed (cyperus tegetum and C pangorie) that grows in the swampy areas in West Bengal.

* The first step is to cultivate the grass. After its fully grown, the stalks above the ground are cut, dried and each stalk cut into 4 to 8 strips. The reeds are then soaked in water to soften them.

* Twill kind of design is obtained when the each weft passes over two warps and which goes under two. This leads to a check effect which can be done only by the magic hands of a skilled crafts-person. This is a highly labour intensive and time consuming process.

* Finally, the edges of the mat are bind with cloth and then the mats are polished