Textile Treasury: West African indigo

Indigo that deep, virtually black, blue tone, is one of the oldest dye colors in the world. Created use of the Indigofera plant loved ones, cultures about the planet using indigo dye in its standard textiles. At The Jungalow we can . Re actually colored in resist indigo cloth that many countries in West Africa, such as Mali, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Senegal, for centuries crafting have been

Methods may vary from culture to culture in West African indigo, but most patterns are usually created resists staining with the drafts either painted or stenciled in wax or a starch paste or by a method utilizing stitching, folding, or binding, in order to avoid the dye from staining the entire cloth.

We ' re often obtaining new approaches to add much more pattern and color into a room and indigo cloth is particularly exciting, because you normally discover them as entire pieces of cloth, so you can fairly significantly do as something with him! Think of the Dogon of Mali, we cloth employed to cover a table at our Charity Style Project? We ' ve also that very same piece like a carpet, an ottoman cover and a rotor used! And the longer pieces Bamana stripe fabric (also from Mali), which we utilized as curtains in our Wonderful shoot Anastasia? You might also have noticed, you have a bed in the previous week ? S Afribo post- versatile, appropriate

We ' re not the only ones to me far more West African indigo in although- we bring love cloth wallpaper L ' Aviva house with traditional indigo patterns from Burkina Faso designed as a source. It ' d even exciting to get a comparable appear to be a piece of cloth pinned to the wall! And the updated draft, the native Malian, and renowned indigo designer, creates Aboubakar Fofana would be at house in a jungalicious bedroom.

Do you have to appeal for indigo? We ' d love to hear how you ' re making use of it! And when you ' re seeking for some of your own, verify out our favourite West African indigo picks on Etsy

Photo: 1) Kalen Kaminski 2) Amber Interiors Shoppe 3 & 4) Danae Horst for The Jungalow five) L ' Aviva Property 6) Aboubakar Fofana