Kilim · Orkhan Mammadov

Kilim,

812 carpet symbols on one sheet. The sheet goes to the highest bid. Bidding also sends you symbols, free: one for every dollar you bid. If you don't win, your money comes back and the symbols stay. Later you can burn symbols to weave them into one artwork of your own.

Opens
Coming soon · date to be announced
Runs
24 hours
Symbols
Free when you bid
The sheet
1/1 · to the top bid
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Material · wool

Dyed wool.

Every symbol can be cast. This is hand-spun wool, the way it first existed, on a loom.

Material · clay

Fired clay.

Unglazed terracotta. Chalky, dry, pitted where the grog burned out.

Material · brass

Hammered brass.

Struck and polished, going green where it was handled.

Material · lacquer

Black lacquer.

Deep and wet, with green flake caught under the coat.

Material · jade

Jade.

Lit from inside, veined where the stone decided rather than the weaver.

Material · gold

Leaf gold.

One in the whole drop. Your wallet decides which material you get.

What you can do with them

Your
symbols.

Scattered, each one its own work, and each one yours for nothing, whether you won the sheet or not.

Lay them out

Into one
grid.

You choose the size and the order. From 4 × 4 up to the full 29 × 28.

Burn

Then burn
them.

The symbols are destroyed. This cannot be undone.

Weave

What is left
is one work.

Your symbols become a single artwork, carrying every motif and material that went into it.

01

The drop

Three works come out of one sheet.

01 · 1/1

The Sheet

To the highest bid

One interactive sheet with all 812 symbols. Click it and it re-orders itself, ten ways. There is only one.

The auction →
One symbol, cast in dyed wool
02 · Bidders Edition

The Symbols

Free with every bid

One symbol for every dollar you bid, each cast in its own material. Win or lose, they stay yours.

See all 812 →
An 8 by 8 grid woven from symbols, in the Medallion order
03 · Your own grid

The Weave

Burn symbols, get one artwork

Lay your symbols out in one of the ten orders, from 4 × 4 up to the full 29 × 28, and burn them into a single work.

Weave your symbols →
02

The work

812 symbols, taken from Azerbaijani carpets.

Each one was woven before it was ever drawn: a sign for water, for a bird, for protection, passed from loom to loom until it became shorthand. In 2023 they were collected onto one sheet, 500 mm square, 29 across and 28 down, and printed once.

Kilim puts that sheet back on the loom. A pattern decides where each symbol goes, and they are dealt from light to heavy, so the pattern shows up as tone. Every symbol is used once, and none of them changes shape.

03

The orders

Ten ways to lay out the same 812 symbols.

Nothing changes but the place each symbol sits.

Medallion
Kilim lattice
Square rings
Diamond rings
Chevron
Spiral
Standing waves
Quartered checker
Sunburst
Interference
04

Every symbol

All 812, in the order they were printed.

Click any one of them to see it in 3D, in seven materials.

Opens
Coming soon · date to be announced · runs 24 hours
On sale
One sheet · 1/1, interactive, to the top bid
Symbols
Free · one for every dollar you bid
If you lose
Money back in full · the symbols stay yours
Weaving
Burn symbols, get one artwork · 4 × 4 up to 29 × 28, final
Chain
Robinhood Chain · all 812 outlines stored on-chain
Go to the auction → Weave your symbols →
Click a symbol to see it in 3D 812 symbols · 29 per row
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FAQ

The parts, in one place.

What do I get for bidding?

Symbols, free: one for every dollar you bid, sent to you in the same transaction. The sheet itself is a single 1/1 and goes to the highest bid.

What if I am outbid?

Your money comes back in full. The symbols your bids sent you are already yours and stay yours.

Do I have to weave?

No. A symbol is a finished work on its own. Weaving is there if you want to spend them.

Can I undo a weave?

No. The symbols are burned. That is what makes the grid worth what it took.

How big can a grid be?

From 4 × 4 up to the full 29 × 28. The whole sheet takes 812 symbols.

When does it open?

The date is not set yet. Leave your email and you will hear first.

Where do I bid?

Here, when bidding opens, with a wallet on Robinhood Chain. No allowlist, no registration.