TEXTILE STORIES
BAULE KITA OF COTE D’IVOIRE : The Strip Woven H...
On a chance visit to my favorite store in Cape Town’s Famous Kalk Bay – Unesandla Crafts located inside the Indoor Market I fell involve with a cloth which once...
BAULE KITA OF COTE D’IVOIRE : The Strip Woven H...
On a chance visit to my favorite store in Cape Town’s Famous Kalk Bay – Unesandla Crafts located inside the Indoor Market I fell involve with a cloth which once...
The Charkha: A Project for Heart Change
A Handloom project from the desert of North Western India which aims to promote ancient wisdom and spread ideology of decentralization through social enterprise
The Charkha: A Project for Heart Change
A Handloom project from the desert of North Western India which aims to promote ancient wisdom and spread ideology of decentralization through social enterprise
BOGOLANFINI – MALI’S MUD CLOTH
Commonly known as Mud cloth, the Bogolan cloth or Bogolanfini is a mud resist dyed cotton cloth produced by the women of the Bambara of Mali. The literal translation is:...
BOGOLANFINI – MALI’S MUD CLOTH
Commonly known as Mud cloth, the Bogolan cloth or Bogolanfini is a mud resist dyed cotton cloth produced by the women of the Bambara of Mali. The literal translation is:...
KHASA BLANKET OF THE FULANI
The Fulani are one of the largest ethnic groups of Western Africa and the Sahel. Unlike many other regions in Africa, the area which the Fulani inhabit, mostly in modern...
KHASA BLANKET OF THE FULANI
The Fulani are one of the largest ethnic groups of Western Africa and the Sahel. Unlike many other regions in Africa, the area which the Fulani inhabit, mostly in modern...
KUBA CLOTH – THE RAFFIA VELVET OF CONGO
Kuba cloth is a raffia cloth woven by the Bakuba people of modern day DRC. The fibre is peeled from the leaves of the Raffia Vinifera Palm and woven into...
KUBA CLOTH – THE RAFFIA VELVET OF CONGO
Kuba cloth is a raffia cloth woven by the Bakuba people of modern day DRC. The fibre is peeled from the leaves of the Raffia Vinifera Palm and woven into...
ETHIOPIA’S ANCIENT COTTON TRADITION
From its position on the horn of East Africa, Ethiopia has been a crossroads of trade and cultural exchange for millennia. This history of influence and development has been deeply...
ETHIOPIA’S ANCIENT COTTON TRADITION
From its position on the horn of East Africa, Ethiopia has been a crossroads of trade and cultural exchange for millennia. This history of influence and development has been deeply...