Start by threading your loom with a base yarn that runs vertically across the width of your rug. Secure each fabric scrap by ...

Black-owned businesses make amazing clothing inspired by African patterns. What happens when, inevitably, everyone else starts buying them? By Shira Telushkin The recent outpouring of support for ...

From Nigeria’s handwoven aso-oke and indigo-dyed adire to Burkina Faso’s faso dan fani, traditional fabrics are being ...

Mud cloth is made from handwoven cotton strips dyed with fermented mud. The process involves applying natural dyes and ...

“Riotously colorful, densely patterned, and unassailably fabulous,” the iconic fabrics have come to symbolize Africa’s contribution in fashion and design to the rest of the world. Beyond the fashion ...

Textile pattern by Constance Girard for Vlisco on view in Vlisco: African Fashion on a Global Stage (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) The story of Vlisco begins not in Dakar, Lagos, or Accra, ...

Bring the beauty, colour and creativity of African Pattern Art into your classroom with this engaging collection of 30 printable art worksheets, designed for KS2, KS3 and early KS4 Art & Design. This ...