A quiet little town on the banks of the Niger River, Segou is known as the capital of mud cloth. Textile designer Boubacar Doumbia built his workshop there 16 years ago, named it Ndomo - which means "the quest for knowledge" in local Bambara language, and welcomed young people who had no opportunity to receive formal education into his collective.
A quiet little town on the banks of the Niger River, Segou is known as the capital of mud cloth. Textile designer Boubacar Doumbia built his workshop there 16 years ago, named it Ndomo - which means "the quest for knowledge" in local Bambara language, and welcomed young people who had no opportunity to receive formal education into his collective.
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Lan Yin Hua Bu, known in English as Nankeen and Blue Calico, is a natural indigo hand dye process that originated in China 3,000 years ago. Pieces were designed with rich symbolism conveying luck, prosperity, and fortune, and often given as gifts.
The vintage textile used to create this pillow was hand-dyed in Shanghai over 50 years ago. No two vintage pillows are exactly the same.
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