Comments on: African Prints http://africanfabriclady.com The weblog of Christine Covert - the African Fabric Lady Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:50:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: kat Brown http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-96 kat Brown Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:37:46 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-96 Hi Isa, I live in perth West Australia and work with the elderly in a aged care hostel. I run a little art group with them, and have been looking @ doing an African art theme. We have painted masks onto some part branches off a palm tree, and although the fabric painting is not on our agenda this year, your blog has given us loads of ideas for murals, plate painting, etc. Thanks, & I will be adding your to my favourites :) Regards Kat Hi Isa, I live in perth West Australia and work with the elderly in a aged care hostel. I run a little art group with them, and have been looking @ doing an African art theme. We have painted masks onto some part branches off a palm tree, and although the fabric painting is not on our agenda this year, your blog has given us loads of ideas for murals, plate painting, etc. Thanks, & I will be adding your to my favourites :)
Regards
Kat

]]> By: Isa2 http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-79 Isa2 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:24:10 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-79 Hi Mary, I do not know where to find anything Ethiopian. Youmight google to see if there are any Ethiopian social groups in NYC, DC or Atlanta. Good luck, and enjoy your new grandchild! Hi Mary,

I do not know where to find anything Ethiopian. Youmight google to see if there are any Ethiopian social groups in NYC, DC or Atlanta. Good luck, and enjoy your new grandchild!

]]> By: mary nelson http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-74 mary nelson Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:24:05 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-74 Hello African Fabric Lady! My daughter just adopted a little boy from Ethiopia. I would like to make him a quilt using Ethiopian fabrics and designs. I am having a hard time finding anything from Ethiopia.....do you have any suggestions? Thank you, Mary Nelson Hello African Fabric Lady!
My daughter just adopted a little boy from Ethiopia. I would like to make him a quilt using Ethiopian fabrics and designs. I am having a hard time finding anything from Ethiopia…..do you have any suggestions?
Thank you,
Mary Nelson

]]> By: Helen http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-67 Helen Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:39:32 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-67 Hello, I read all the comments and want to ask if you could help me in my case. I'm running a NGO in Ghana. We are teaching the youth in Batik, Tie and Dye, Screen printing and also in old methodes of fabric printing. To keep our program running ( the students get the training free of charge) we desided to find a market to sell our products. Could you give me a hint how to find this market? Some of our fabrics can be seen on our website. www.richardsfoundation.wetpaint.com We made a lot more then I was able to post. Thanks in advance, Helen from Ghana Hello,
I read all the comments and want to ask if you could help me in my case. I’m running a NGO in Ghana. We are teaching the youth in Batik, Tie and Dye, Screen printing and also in old methodes of fabric printing. To keep our program running ( the students get the training free of charge) we desided to find a market to sell our products. Could you give me a hint how to find this market?
Some of our fabrics can be seen on our website. http://www.richardsfoundation.wetpaint.com
We made a lot more then I was able to post.
Thanks in advance,
Helen from Ghana

]]> By: Isa2 http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-60 Isa2 Wed, 06 May 2009 00:28:59 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-60 The wax textiles shown here are all factory made. A designer provides the arrangement of design elements, and large textile machines use a genuine wax resist technique to dye the fabrics in the manner of true batiks. Some hand-decorated West African textiles use a wax resist process where wax is applied from carved wooden or metal blocks arranged in pleasant designs prior to the fabric being dyed. Multiple layers of wax blocks may be used to produce complicated designs in many colors. This technique is not unique to Africa. The wax textiles shown here are all factory made. A designer provides the arrangement of design elements, and large textile machines use a genuine wax resist technique to dye the fabrics in the manner of true batiks.

Some hand-decorated West African textiles use a wax resist process where wax is applied from carved wooden or metal blocks arranged in pleasant designs prior to the fabric being dyed. Multiple layers of wax blocks may be used to produce complicated designs in many colors. This technique is not unique to Africa.

]]> By: amy http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-59 amy Tue, 05 May 2009 22:23:07 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-59 interested in techniques for African wax textiles - thanks interested in techniques for African wax textiles - thanks

]]> By: kareen http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-58 kareen Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:58:15 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-58 Hi, I am working with on developing garments with African refugee woman in New Zealand. I am interested in applying traditional fabric printing methods. Are there any that are reasonably simple and dont need a lot of special equipment that you could recomend? Thanks, Kareen Hi,

I am working with on developing garments with African refugee woman in New Zealand. I am interested in applying traditional fabric printing methods. Are there any that are reasonably simple and dont need a lot of special equipment that you could recomend?

Thanks, Kareen

]]> By: Isa2 http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-56 Isa2 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:24:17 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-56 Hi Laura, I recommend that you look in Ghana. In Accra there are some training centers where women learn various hand decorating and dyeing techniques. You might contact the good people at Cultural Collaborative (http://www.culturalcollaborative.org/) who could help you with specific locations and contact people. Great project--let us know how things go... Isa2 Hi Laura,

I recommend that you look in Ghana. In Accra there are some training centers where women learn various hand decorating and dyeing techniques. You might contact the good people at Cultural Collaborative (http://www.culturalcollaborative.org/) who could help you with specific locations and contact people.

Great project–let us know how things go…

Isa2

]]> By: laura http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-55 laura Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:20:28 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-55 Dear Christine , I am part of a group that are doing fashion women collection with original and organic fabrics of many countries around the world. We are from Spain .I am Trying to find Cooperative in Africa ( no Vlisco) that does the fabrics wax block prints , we work with fair trade , and need to contact with the group of women that started already in this area. Thanks a lot for the help , Laura Dear Christine , I am part of a group that are doing fashion women collection with original and organic fabrics of many countries around the world. We are from Spain .I am Trying to find Cooperative in Africa ( no Vlisco) that does the fabrics wax block prints , we work with fair trade , and need to contact with the group of women that started already in this area.
Thanks a lot for the help , Laura

]]> By: Isa2 http://africanfabriclady.com/cloth-batik/#comment-54 Isa2 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:39:48 +0000 http://africanfabriclady.wordpress.com/cloth-batik/#comment-54 Hi Rebecca, Wax prints usually do not run, but just to be safe, I’d wash them separating the colors and check out the color of the water. The only ones I know run are the locally dyed indigo cloth, which are usually dyed with a combination of synthetic and natural indigo. Check out my advice on indigo <a href="http://africanfabriclady.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=14" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I'd love to see photos of groups of the fabrics you brought back. hint hint. Isa2 PS, I hope to be adding some indigo dyed fabric from Guinea soon!! Hi Rebecca,
Wax prints usually do not run, but just to be safe, I’d wash them separating the colors and check out the color of the water. The only ones I know run are the locally dyed indigo cloth, which are usually dyed with a combination of synthetic and natural indigo. Check out my advice on indigo here.

I’d love to see photos of groups of the fabrics you brought back. hint hint.

Isa2

PS, I hope to be adding some indigo dyed fabric from Guinea soon!!

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