SANDRE BLAKE
‘ROLL OUT YOUR WOVEN CARPET AND I WILL GREET YOUR SOUL'S REFLECTION’
Turkmen Rug Weavers' proverb
Established in 2007, multi award-winning The Oriental Rug Gallery Ltd is a unique, quintessential British company, owned and curated by Directors Anas and Sandre, whose passion-led partnership and collaborative artisan-trained skills span over 50 years of specialist knowledge and professional expertise.
A DECORATIVE JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY
Naturally drawn to expressing her creativity through a diverse array of artistic mediums, these aesthetic skills laid the foundation for a passion-led journey and a life-long interest in decorative and creative arts. As the Company’s award-winning Decorative Textiles & Creative Design Director, Sandre applies a wide portfolio of professionally trained and self-taught decorative art skills, textural mixed-mediums and creative design disciplines, into an eclectic tapestry of aesthetic expertise.
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Fascinated by the areas Arts and Crafts heritage and inspired by the spirit of the Peasant Arts tradition, whose artisan communities set-up workshops and weaving houses in Haslemere, with the aim of reviving and conserving hand-crafting techniques in England, and along with their Hugenot-weaving predecessors, Anas and Sandre moved to Wey Hill in Haslemere and established The Oriental Rug Gallery Ltd in 2007.
“We see ourselves as ‘Custodians of Rug Craftsmanship’ , where The Oriental Rug Gallery Ltd is a treasure-trove of opportunity for our customers to enrich their lives with traditional woven craftsmanship and enjoy the unique beauty and enduring legacy of these fabulous weavings, for years to come.”