Fibre is not a finishing detail. It changes how colour sits in the pile, how the surface feels underhand, and how the carpet responds to light and traffic. GELISI works with New Zealand wool, natural silk, nylon, artificial silk, cotton, bamboo fibre and wool-silk blends, chosen for the project rather than from a single house fibre.
Wool for warmth and resilience
Wool remains the reference fibre for many handmade carpets. It takes dye with depth, feels warm underfoot, and recovers well from compression when the construction is right. In hotels and residences it supports a calm, natural palette — beige, camel, olive, terracotta and brown — without looking flat. Wool also suits carving, because the pile holds a defined edge.
Silk and wool-silk blends
Natural silk brings lustre. Used as an accent or in a blend, it catches light across a medallion, a border or a low-relief pattern. Wool-silk blends are often chosen when a room needs both softness and a quieter sheen. Silk asks for more careful maintenance, so it is usually placed where the design benefits from it, not automatically across every public corridor.
Nylon and bamboo fibre
Nylon is specified where abrasion is part of the brief: busy commercial entries, some hospitality routes, and projects that need a harder-wearing synthetic alongside a custom pattern. It can be clear in colour and consistent in production. Bamboo fibre offers another tactility, useful when the interior direction calls for a drier, lighter hand. Cotton and artificial silk appear where the design needs a particular colour or texture, often in combination with wool.
Sampling before the full carpet
A fibre decision should be seen, not only described. GELISI prepares yarn and texture references so colour, lustre and pile can be reviewed against the interior. The same pattern in wool and in a wool-silk blend will not read as the same carpet. Agreeing the material at sample stage protects both the design and the later care of the floor.
Performance treatments used on project carpets — including moisture resistance, moth resistance, anti-static performance and flame retardancy — are considered with the fibre and the setting. The material and the room are specified together.