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Cultural stories

Material before product.

Cultural essays, field notes, atelier dispatches — written from the corridor.

An artisan's hand lifting indigo-dyed cloth from a stone dye vat

Soon

The first stories are being written.

An atelier in golden light — woven panels and indigo cloth

The atelier at golden hour — before material becomes product.

JAANTE Africa

Materials

Stack of hand-woven and indigo-dyed textiles — Hand-woven cotton, natural indigo dye.

Hands threading glass beads and brass on an unglazed clay dish — Beadwork and brass, assembled by hand.

Raffia, raw cotton, indigo pigment and vegetable-tanned leather on linen — Raffia, raw cotton, pigment, vegetable-tanned leather.