What is super-too-much about a topiary? Maybe not that much, but how about when a cone-shaped topiary is reflected in water at various points in the day and those scenes are then turned into carpet form with wavy, watery edges?

That’s the soup du jour in our textiles category for our love of super-too-much this week. Allow us to introduce you to “Water Perceiving a Simple Cone-Shaped Topiary,” a collection from Carpet Edition known as Topiary Reflection Rugs by LABINAC co-founder and artist Maria Thereza Alves.

These bright abstract rugs of deep experimentation capture the scene at hand, an ornamental cone-shaped topiary, during four distinct times of day: dawn, morning, sunset, and dusk. 

As Alves references the work, “A body of water perceives and re-creates the tree’s joyous celebration of a free self.” 

TP01 – Dawn has some dreamy hot pink camo vibes with magentas and Barbie pinks sidling up to olive drab greens and speckles of sky blues. 

TP02 – Morning becomes a mirage of the water’s surface. Morning reflects a buttery, egg-yolk sunrise amidst warming tones of the day.

TP03 – Sunset is a rush of red as the day draws down, and TP04 – Dusk is a lilac let down, a lavender haze simmer in the gloaming. 

Each of these hand tufted carpets with a 1.4 centimeter pile height and a folded ribbon edge comes in a rectangular style with a form-following-function border encapsulating the entire scene.

Is it super-too-much to also want to know where this topiary is located, who took the photographs these carpets are based on, where are those photographs now, and what other topiaries got passed up in order for the cone-shaped one to come out on top? All things go this week. Questions, ideas, and inspiration. Everything is welcome.

For more super-too-much coverage check out Bethan Laura Wood, The Queen of Super-Too-Much.