“All that is gold does not glitter”
Being hand woven right now is the ‘Aulana Midas Rug’ created with Aulana technology. All the colours are created using Noble Bond’s remarkable invention that captures the science of pure gold to create colours in pure New Zealand wool.
The Midas rug is meticulously hand woven by crafts people at Obeetee
The Midas rug is coloured with pure gold but don’t expect it to shine yellow gold.
Aulana uses colloidal dispersions of gold within the pores of the wool fibres to generate a boutique range of colours resulting from the localised surface plasmon resonance interaction of light with the surface electrons of the colloidal gold particles. A similar approach was used in early glass making for Gothic Cathedrals, where gold was dispersed as a colloid in the glass matrix to generate red-purple colours. The Aulana technology captures and extends this approach to currently provide a range of colours in shades of pink, mauve, grey and blue.
Wools of New Zealand and Noble Bond Ltd, and our global partners, SoFarSoNear, Grentex, and Obeetee have joined hands to create the Midas rug which will be available to view, by appointment only, at SoFarSoNear’s London showroom in Grosvenor Place.
More information on the Aulana website
The design is by SoFarSoNear and in its final form will represent three circular pieces with the third being a tear drop as below. This ‘ear ring’ design has been created to illustrate the precious nature of this one-of-a kind remarkable piece.
Rendering of the Midas Rug
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