Tag: cloth
The fabric of Africa
In 2012, the New York times published an article called "Africa's fabric is Dutch". And although there is currently an intense relationship between African consumers and traders, the story of African textiles goes well beyond Vlisco's double-sided, wax-printed cotton fabric. This fantastic short article made me realize that the image of the "naked African" is one too common, ...
Bow to the masters: learning from Albrecht Dürer
No better way than to learn from the masters. These are freehand drawings after the work of Albrecht Dürer: Dürer had apparently never seen a rhinoceros, so the drawing is what he did after having the animal described ...
Bow to the masters: learning from Leonardo da Vinci
These are drawn from a book with Leonardo da Vinci's sketches; all in pencil.There is no better way than to learn from the masters. ...