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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

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Pattern Research Project: An Investigation of The Pattern And Printing Process - Bogolanfini

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