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  2. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    Stripweaving, a centuries-old textile manufacturing technique of creating cloth by weaving strips together, is characteristic of weaving in West Africa, who credit Mande weavers and in particular the Tellem people as the first to master the art of weaving complex weft patterns into strips. [4]

  3. Category:Textile arts of Africa - Wikipedia

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    South African textile artists (3 P) T. Textile arts of Madagascar (1 P) ... Adire (textile art) African design; African textiles; African wax prints; Ahwenepa nkasa;

  4. African folk art - Wikipedia

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    African folk art consists of a variety of items: household objects, metal objects, toys, textiles, masks, and wood sculpture. Most traditional African art meets many definitions of folk art generally, or at least did so until relatively recent dates.

  5. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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    African waxprints, West Africa Waxprints sold in a shop in West Africa Lady selling colourful waxprint fabrics in Togo "Afrika im Gewand - Textile Kreationen in bunter Vielfalt", African Textiles Exhibition Museum der Völker 2016. African wax prints, Dutch wax prints [1] [2] or Ankara, [3] are a type of common material for clothing in West Africa.

  6. Kente cloth - Wikipedia

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    Kente production can be classified by three versions: authentic kente cloth made by traditional weavers, kente print produced by brands such as Vlisco and Akosombo Textile Ltd, and mass-produced kente pattern typically produced in China for West Africans. Authentic kente cloth is the most expensive, while kente print varies in price depending ...

  7. Textile arts - Wikipedia

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    While plant use in textile art is still common today, there are new innovations being developed, such as Suzanne Lee's art installation "BioCouture". Lee uses fermentation to create a plant-based paper sheet that can be cut and sewn just like cloth- ranging in thickness from thin plastic-like materials up to thick leather-like sheets. [ 13 ]

  8. How African designers are making their mark on global fashion

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    A 2023 UNESCO report on Africa’s fashion sector predicted demand for African haute couture will increase by 42% by 2033, driven partly by the growth of e-commerce. But it found that a lack of ...

  9. African design - Wikipedia

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    Influences of African design can be seen in the print style, pattern, and color of the fabrics chosen in each sculpture made. There is a Victorian era twist that takes place with leads to the commentary of colonization and colonialism that took place in African when world powers were expanding.

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