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Year Completed
2018
Abstract
2018 Pattern Research Project
Kassiah Skipwith – Bogolanfini
The Pattern Research Project involves research and analysis of contemporary patterns found in the textiles and wallcoverings of the built interior environment. Patterns use motif, repetition, color, geometry, craft, technology, and space to communicate place, time, and concept. Through this research and analysis, built environments - their designers, occupants, construction, and context - can be better understood.
Kassiah Skipwith, VCU Interior Design BFA 2021, selected the Bogolanfini pattern for the 2018 Pattern Research Project. The text below is excerpted from the student’s work:
“During the time period when the fabric was only available where the cloth was produced it was for more of the community and a traditional thing not just for fashion and how the design itself looks. The cloth was intentionally used for the hunters as a camouflage and as a ritual for protection. The women also wear it as for their initiation into their adulthood and also after childbirth. The cloth is believed to have a power to absorb all negative energy that’s released. Each design is meant to tell a story, but 2 designs are never meant to be thought of as the same. Some designs and motifs are to be thought of as protective attributes.”
Geometry
Linear
Color
black, brown
Craft
weaving, dyeing
Material
Cotton, Fermented mud dye
Function/Use
textile
Design
Nakunte Diarra
Disciplines
Art and Design | Interior Design
Department
VCUarts, Dept. of Interior Design
Date of Submission
10-20-2019
Rights
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