2017

We move forward from two successful exhibitions in 2016 in Prague and in the USA to the challenge of an exhibition in the Netherlands in the Autumn. We continue to work on A2 sized pieces in portrait format and will be producing four pieces over the year with the theme of 'Freedom'. An essential part of our art is working in series to a common format which does give us all a framework for our creative endeavours.

Monday, 7 July 2014

Indigo

For this month I have chosen Indigo as my subject.  Not a cloth coming from the African Earth - but a colour. I felt that Indigo is significant enough as a dye within Africa that it warranted attention. The plant is grown and used in many cultures across West Africa.  I've created a kind of sampler with many small pieces of different indigo cloths set on the background of a beautiful piece of strip woven Mossi cloth.  These Mossi cloths come with a fabulous hand twisted fringe that I just had to include.  (It is removable if it is deemed necessary for exhibition).  All the fabrics are from West Africa and include examples of weaving, tie-dye, starch resist, and stitch resist. Some are old and some are new. 

Magie




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3 comments:

  1. Jean14 July 2014 at 10:40

    What a lovely collection of Indigo pieces - what is it about Indigo that is so appealing I wonder. The contrast of the older pieces with the new works so well with the lighter creams and whites making the piece 'pop's. What is Mossi cloth?

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  2. Magie Relph24 August 2014 at 16:59

    Mossi cloth is a plain Indigo dyed cloth from the Mossi people in Burkina Faso. Beautiful hand-spun and woven, then dyed in Indigo. I've recently been buying some old ones - take a look at the website...
    http://www.africanfabric.co.uk/vintage_mossi_indigo.php

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  3. ElaineRM6 September 2014 at 10:22

    What an assortment of fabrics...and of course, they all go together so well. The piece has a pleasing balance.

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