Zeeshan Tariq

Rugweave

ABOUT SELLER

An aspiring art appraiser dealing with handmade rugs, dhurries & kilims for 5 years. Having completed my degree in engineering, the usual Indian way - I started working as IT support and found the job drab and dull. Days were just going by without any specific excitement. A year into my job, one day my dad approached me and requested that I fill in for him at the store while he travelled. My dad was running our family business which dealt with handmade rugs, kilims & dhurries. It all started with his father (my grandfather), being a weaver himself - who used to trade his rugs for good & services. I reluctantly agreed to fill in for my dad, growing up having never taken any interest in the business this I thought might be boring too. It was only when I sat those few days and started reading up on the historical value and culture behind rug making and understood that it was an art form by itself that it kindled something inside me. Since then, I've never looked back.