Black and White Bogolan Fabric (1m)
Black and White Bogolan Fabric (1m)
31 €
Black and white bogolan fabric with drawing entirely by hand. The process is long and requires dexterity. You can use it for decoration.
Hand-woven by an artisan from organic cotton produced in Burkina Faso and dyeing is natural, coming from mood and plants.
Fabric width: 122 cm
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BOGOLAN / HEADING
Bogolan/Mud Dye is a Malian textile dyed according to an ancestral technique familiar to Burkina Faso, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal. The word bogolan, of the Bambara language, derives from the words bogo, meaning « Earth », and lan, meaning « of the ». The basic dyes are generated by soaking the fabric in a decoction of African birch leaves (n After the basic dyes, the drawings are made in sludge fermented with a delicate brush.
soak and dry the fabric
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draw drawing with fermented mud
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Dipping and drying to get a darker tone
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