 

My choices of fabric hark back to my
days as a member of an African drum and dance ensemble in Boston and
from a
subsequent trip to Ghana. On that trip, my drum and dance mentor,
Godwin
Agbeli, took me to a “tie and dye” factory, where I witnessed their
batik
techniques, in which traditional West African symbols were stamped onto
fabric
with wax, before the fabric was dropped into huge vats of indigo dye.
The same dye ran in streams throughout that
suburb
of Accra.
I have loved the bold batiks
since then, but have also found that the Indonesian batiks temper the
African
ones when I feel the need.
©
2005 Winnsome Quilts
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Godwin
Agbeli(detail), 2004
Geckos
(detail),
2002
Lobster Boat Coming
(detail), 2002
Drums
and Sticks (detail), 2003
Pineapple 101 (detail), 2004
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