Two artist in the Netherlands are making vibrant large-scale rugs and carpets out of their own sophisticated adult Play-Doh like foam. Rotterdam-based design studio, Nightshop will be showcasing a 10-piece series of multi-colored foam carpets in a solo exhibition entitled Showdown at the Robert van Oosterom Gallery.The carpets are made from soft urethane foam that the artists mix together themselves. Using a large syringe device they then pour the material out patterns that resemble Persian rugs and woven thread. Each handcrafted object measures 230 cm x 160 cm but the design duo hopes to develop these objects further and construct smaller carpets you can mount on your wall, as well as framed C-Prints of top down photographs taken of the carpets.
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Artist and co-founder of Nightshop, Adriaan van der Ploeg tells The Creators Project, “A few months ago we just started out with making these carpets without reason other than we totally like playing with this foam.” Nightshop currently has seven carpets finished with plans to finish up three more by April.“Although they resemble carpets, they're more objects without a clear use,” says van der Ploeg. He implores viewers to, “interpret them as experiments in color, pattern, and material.”Check out some of the carpets below:
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