Erden: A Symphony of Texture
In 2021, Erden acquired 22 acres of pasture and woodland in rural Illinois, which has since expanded to 92 acres, along with a growing herd of alpacas. Inspired by the patterns and themes found there, Terra – Erden’s fourth collection – explores the communion between man and earth, with raised textures, linear structures, and patterned forms created in a careful balance of the organic and orchestrated. To promote the launch and provide contact for the designs, Brian Erden enlisted his friend and design colleague Jack Andrews, partner of the renowned furniture and lighting collection Caste, to lend his urban sanctuary in the heart of Chicago as the backdrop for Terra’s debut. This collaboration beautifully illustrates how the gravitational force bringing man to the earth is relevant even in the most urban environments.
Between Erden’s rugs with intersecting lines of metal inlay and natural alpacas, playful suri and soumak edges…each woven brings us closer to bringing nature inside.