Ancient roots, living colour
Africa
From the indigo traditions of Nigeria to the icon-gold of Ethiopia, Africa’s textile heritage is among the oldest and most complex on earth. We have found two voices here. We are listening for more.
Finest silk dyed with natural roots.
Collections from Africa
By motif
Buta
The almond-flame — the motif at the base of the Bakı type, and the first shape a master learns to carve.
15 pieces
SHOP →Çələng
The wreath — flower heads closed into a ring at the heart of the cloth.
4 pieces
SHOP →Şəmsə
The sun medallion — the ancient solar sign pressed at the centre of the kelaghayi.
3 pieces
SHOP →By colour
Göy
The blues — counted among the healing colours, worn to turn the eye away.
11 pieces
SHOP →Al
The reds — al is the bride's colour, the scarf a mother-in-law gives, that veils the face and swaddles a first child.
9 pieces
SHOP →Yaşıl
The greens — one of the seven colours of the yeddi rəng, the palette a master must command.
6 pieces
SHOP →Bənövşə
The violets — alvan, the living colour a young woman is expected to wear.
5 pieces
SHOP →Qızıl
The golds — onion skin and ochre, the tones the earth gives up most readily.
4 pieces
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Nigeria
Adaeze Okonkwo
Adaeze Okonkwo is a Lagos-based textile artist whose work draws from Yoruba cosmology and the sacred geometry of Adire cloth. Trained under …
Ethiopia
Selam Tesfaye
Born in Addis Ababa to a family of icon painters, Selam Tesfaye works at the intersection of Ethiopian Orthodox iconography and abstract exp…
Adaeze Okonkwo
Adaeze Okonkwo is a Lagos-based textile artist whose work draws from Yoruba cosmology and the sacred geometry of Adire cloth. Trained under her grandmother in Abeokuta — the spiritual home of Yoruba indigo dyeing — she translates ancestral symbols into contemporary expressions on silk. Her designs carry the living memory of Egúngún, of markets, of the Oshun river.