George Malacinski has been collecting carpets and woven materials from Central Eurasia for a while now. “This piece is probably only about fifty years old,” he said at a recent showing of his “Woven Treasures” exhibit at the Ivy Tech Community College’s John Waldron Art Gallery, as he gestured at a carpet on the wall, “which I know because I’ve had it twenty-five years, and when I purchased it, it had a bit of wear as well.” The carpet, bright red with a pale yellow border and cerulean shades of blue, does show some signs of aging;
