african indigo textiles

More inspirational photos from a program given by Matthew Scheiner, Director of the Gallery Jatad in Houston.  The gallery features fine traditional African art and contemporary works on paper.  They have a Facebook page and are open by appointment. 

The pieces he brought to our guild meeting were impressive.  You can see the audience was in awe and cameras were aimed at this one from all directions. 

Close-ups of the same cloth. 

A similar design with additional natural color added. 

I can almost see all the needle marks on this one to figure out how the stitching was done.
"Adire are indigo resist dyed cotton cloths that were made by women throughout Yorubaland" according to the Victoria and Albert Museum site - click here to read the entire article.

This is a different textile and I didn't make note of the pigment or dye used to create the rosy areas.   I love the texture retained after the stitching was removed.

Another fabric with similar design and colors but smoothed to show the stitching lines.

More stitching and clamping techniques next time when we dive deeper into the indigo vat.