Telar

Full fabric with your comb.The narrow fabric bands obtained are sewn juxtaposed to form the cloth. The loom arms are two small cariatids.

Knitting is a trade reserved for men, as is potting for women. The woman is reeling, spinning, or embroidering. It is almost a sacred office, a craft of creation that requires the prayer of specific prayers. From the movements of the hands of the weaver, from his play with the lizas and the batan, from his harmony between the plot and the warp arise the forms and drawings created by him. These drawings, in many ethnic groups, such as the Asanthi of Ghana and Ivory Coast, represent the social rank of their bearers and no one would dare put on a garment made from a fabric whose drawing does not correspond to their rank. Weaving coils are mainly used in traditional looms of the West African. They are horizontal double loop looms. The coils are suspended from a frame (see dogon looms) All the coils are shaped like “U” inverted and between the legs of the “U” is inserted the axis in whose center is fixed the ribbed reel through which the thread runs. Some coils are true works of art. The art of knitting is evoked in many African poetry. For the dogon the loom is the word and the organizational systems of the world is reflected in the loom. Knitting and procreation is all one for the dogons. The word is the sound produced by the friction between the pulley and the shuttle. Knitting, singing, talking, procreating are the same action. Action of creation and life. It is always woven by day. At night it would be an offence and the weaver would lose sight. The beauty of the trade requires to be accompanied by beautiful tools and working instruments. This is why the stirrups of the pulleys or weaving pins and looms are almost always beautifully decorated, because the contemplation of a beautiful object inspires a beautiful creation. The pulley is the most beautifully decorated part of the loom and is the piece that identifies the weaver. The comb consists of sheets of palm leaves juxtaposed and attached by a wooden frame, through which the threads will pass. In the shuttle, in the shape of a canoe, a coil is inserted that rotates around a wire and on this piece the thread of the plot will be wound. Long fabric bands are weaved and then sewn together. Most of the fabrics obtained are then decorated with a chalamo, brush or tampon, with traditionally natural pigments.

Beautiful patina for use and small strokes due to the artisanal use of the object. The comb or guide threads is formed by sheets of palm leaves juxtaposed and attached by a wooden frame, through which the threads will pass. In the shuttle, in the shape of a canoe, a coil is inserted that rotates around a wire and on this piece the thread of the plot will be wound. Long fabric bands are weaved and then sewn together. Most of the fabrics obtained are then decorated with a chalamo, brush or tampon, with traditionally natural pigments.