Green Bogolan drawing fabric (1m)
Green Bogolan drawing fabric (1m)
20,000 CFA
Green and white bogolan fabric with drawing entirely hand made. 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: 120 cm
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BOGOLAN / HEADING
Bogolan/Mud Dye is a Malian textile dyed using an ancestral technique familiar in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal. The word bogolan, from the Bambara language, derives from the words bogo, meaning “the earth”, and lan, meaning “of”. The basic dyes are generated by soaking the fabric in a decoction of African birch leaves (n'galama) and then leaving them to dry in the sun. After the basic dyes, the designs are created in fermented mud using 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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