California's Spirit Is Woven Into This Artist-Driven Rug Collection

Local creatives Azadeh Shladovsky, Ranee Henderson, Rachel Shillander, Abel Macias and Maurice Harris are the quintet behind Marc Phillips’ debut Artist Series. The collection comprises a rug by each artist, celebrating their view of West Coast creativity.

Macias (right) looked to his Mexican heritage and artisans he remembers “painting or whittling little creatures in the street,” he explains. His rug, Landshapes, is a textural landscape akin to his celebrated murals. “My work is nostalgia-based,” adds Shillander. Her rug design, Psychedahlia, “is the Ozark Giraffe masonry pattern from the first home I designed in Tulsa, but in the gold color of my grandparents’ 1970s shag rug in their San Fernando Valley home,” she says. Meanwhile, Harris (left) used the bird of paradise to convey Black resilience in his creation, Digital Drangea Dream. “It’s a flower that stands tall and strong, bold and beautiful, constantly blooming without tremendous resources,” he reflects. The floor coverings highlight the range of vision found in L.A.’s creative communities—and they are sure to bring art and depth to West Coast homes and beyond.