Ali Siahvoshi

BEDG is an apportunity to introduce your ideas internationally. I have benefited greatly from their help and thanks to exhibiting with them my design work was introduced to different companies and at present my works are in a production in Germany with Anthologie Quartett and in Italy with Fabbian.

- Ali Siahvoshi

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‘Stripcloth Splendours’ at Printworks Trust

12.09.2012 - 27.10.2012

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Traditional Horizontal Mosse Handloom, Burkina Faso | Photo: A.Phillips
Traditional Horizontal Mosse Handloom, Burkina Faso | Photo: A.Phillips

Culture, Beauty, Identity - Indigenous Traditional Skills and Cultural Identity as ‘Added Value’ in the Contemporary Revival of West Africa’s Textile Heritage

This summer the British European Design Group, London and the Burkina based charitable non-government organisation SOS-SaveOurSkills present the exhibition ‘Stripcloth Splendours - Contemporary Revival of West Africa’s Textile Heritage’ as part of the British Council’s International Architecture and Design Showcase 2012. Drawn from the unique ‘Projet de Tissage’ in Burkina Faso, this exhibition brings together for the first time in the UK, the story of the ancient textile traditions and heritage of West Africa and its survival in the 21st Century.

Nearest tube station: Brixton

Venue

The London Printworks Trust
Unit 7, Piano House
7 Brighton Terrace
London SW9 8DJ

Downloads

BEDG-SOS-Press Release-Stripcloth Splendours-London BEDG-SOS-Press_Release-Stripcloth_Splendours-London.pdf

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