A very finely knotted silk rug that is highly detailed to incorporate very small motifs. As the rug is rendered solely in shades of blue it is a real challenge to both the dyers and the weavers. 

'The fearful symmetry of the tiger, the comforting symmetry of the hands, the symmetry of love, the legend of an early Buddha feeding himself to a starving tiger.'

- Francesco Clemente

Francesco Clemente used an image taken from his 1978 painting Map of What is Effortless depicting a hand (palm up) with an animal balanced on the tip of each of the five fingers: a zebra, tiger, elephant, lion and giraffe. The scale of the hand compared to the animals is significant of course, and 40 years after the original painting was excecuted, we believe it is ever more poignant - that although humans may not be bigger in stature than our animal counterparts, we are dominating their world and consequently are the cause of their demise. When interacting with the warp and weft of the rug, the depiction of the animals dissapears depending on which way you move the silk, further enhancing the message of the work.