After many years of searching the market for an ideal aritstic wall hanging for our living room that matched the color, style, and theme of our home, I realized there was a void in this area of home decor. The reason that nothing could meet my expectation was that I had seen a fabulous wall hanging rug tapestry over twenty years ago in a factory in my hometown. I had visited the factory because one of my friends was working there. I was so impressed by the detailed design, vibrant colors, and fine, smooth surfaces of the finished product.

The silk hanging rugs were considered rare national treasures from China, and they were only used as state gifts to be presented to the United Nations and other world organizations to which China needed to pay respect, or to decorate walls such as those of the Great Hall of the People and the State Guesthouses. The thought that average people like me would ever have a chance to own such a masterpiece never crossed my mind.


Twenty years later, when I went back to visit my hometown, I was elated to find that this factory still existed. I couldn’t help visiting the factory again, hoping to find a perfect wall décor for my home. This time I again realized how magnificent the product was and that many people would love to have these dramatic rug tapestries to decorate their walls. Immediately the idea occurred to me to share this unknown, yet magnificent product, with the people around the world through the Internet. With this product available on the market, interior designers will be able to find unique wall decorations, since the image on the hanging rug can be any kind of oil painting, water color, photograph, portrait, company logo or even a family shield. With the existence of this product, artists and art galleries can promote their favorite artwork by converting them into these magnificent silk rug tapestries in any sizes. The visual effect of the artwork on this artistic rug tapestry is far superior to that of any other media art format like paper or canvas.

I was determined to be the one to introduce this little-known product to the world and founded a company, Artisan’s Rug Tapestry, to accomplish my goal. Each of the words in the business name reflects a defining element of the product: Artisan’s means that the product is produced by highly skilled artisans. It is a rug, because the image is formed by hand knotted piles. It can be considered a wall tapestry, because it is a visual image that has meaning to the owner and is hung on the wall. When we put all the parts together, it is Artisan’s Rug Tapestry, or ART, which is really what the product is.

After conceptualizing the company name, mission, and logo, I formalized a contract with the factory that made ART the sole distributor of the product in north America..