Custom Rugs
One of Centinela's unique abilities is to produce handwoven custom rugs to the specific desires of our customers. You can specify design, colors, and size, up to twelve feet wide, and any length desired.
When a rug commission request comes in, we estimate the price based on square footage of the design, and design density. If the client accepts the quote, we can then take a deposit and start warping the loom. Warping is the process of placing the skeleton of the textile on the loom so that when the weaver approaches the loom, he weaves the weft yarn into the warp. We place a new warp on the loom for each large commission because we are weaving each piece at a different width according to the customer's needs. When we assign a weaver to the project, swatches of the desired colors are dyed here or sent to Cerro Mojino to match exactly the skeins of yarn to be used for the textile. Each finished weaving must meet the complete approval of Lisa and Irvin Trujillo before it goes out.
C ustom rug prices are based the following rates. For the weaving process, approximately $55per square foot for tapestry work and $15 per square foot for shuttle work, (with one color traveling from selvage to selvage, please see the page on weaving). To the estimate for weaving costs, we add the following additional costs:
Warping $200.00
Finishing $ 75.00 - $300.00 (depending on size and finish desired)
Yarn $ 9.50/lb (.42 lbs./sq. ft.) commercial yarn
$ 50.00/lb handspun
$ 8.00/lb custom dyeing
Room-sized custom rug prices usually wind up in the $1500 to $3500 range, depending on the size and complexity.
