meet themeetmaker the maker
The weft and the weave Dena Lawrence makes rugs which aren’t just coverings for the floor - they’re true works of art, as Gail Williams discovers.
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arning: walk into Dena Lawrence’s home, where she displays her beautiful silk hand woven rugs and you might just find yourself rolling all over them in a shameless display of comfortseeking behaviour. At the most acceptable level of decorum – especially if your favourite Netflix hero has just come to a sticky end or you have lost your Wordle streak – you might just stroke one of Lawrence’s designs in the form a blue, pink and mauve splash of soothing colour, courtesy of her artistic therapy talents. It’s a bit like stroking a cat. And you walk away feeling better about yourself and thinking one of the rugs would be your best friend if you installed it in your lounge room. Lawrence’s rugs are for people who don’t want a beige mix-and-match approach to decorating. They are for people who want to curl up with a mate at night while they binge watch. A mate who makes them feel good and doesn’t mind if they spill icecream all over them. “I do become attached to my rugs,” says Lawrence. “Just sitting on them makes you relax. I find myself doing that a lot. Do you know that wearing silk actually lowers your blood
