Adire cloth

Africa | Vintage Adire cloth from the Yoruba people of Nigeria

TWO DESIGNS ON BROCADE 5 yards in Total 25,000 Available for Asoebi and personal use (Large and small quantities) Nationwide Delivery 🚚 Kindly send a DM or use the link in BIO to reach us directly on whatsapp for further enquiries #Adire #AdireBatik #AdireFabric #chiffon #RavFabric #AfricanFashion #africantextiles #readytowear #fabricstore #naijaweddings #silkchiffon #ankaraandchiffon #ikoyi #ExplorePage

Adire cloth for sale in Dugbe, Ibadan, Nigeria. From Animals, Africa and other secrets…(http://www.bobgolding.co.uk/People-and-Places.aspx?page=5)

Adire literally means "tie and dye" in the Yoruba language. The indigo dyed cloth is one of the famous cloths in Africa worn exclusively by women. Adire cl...

Traditional Yoruba Attires ~ Adire

I had a project last year where I wanted to re-line a black leather jacket with an old piece of Japanese boro – a term used for heavily repaired, indigo-dyed peasant fabric that comes out of the island’s countryside. The project hasn’t gone so well. Although I found my boro (it was bought at Shibui), I [...]Read More...

Outta Africa: Nike Davies-Okundaye ( @nikeartgallery ), a pioneering Nigerian artist and textile designer, is a visionary in preserving and promoting traditional African art. Best known for her mastery of “Adire”, a Yoruba indigo-dyed textile, she has played a crucial role in reviving and modernizing this ancient craft. Her expertise in Adire has not only elevated it to the global stage but also empowered women in rural communities by teaching them the craft as a source of income. In…

ADIRE FABRIC | Africa | Adire cloth woman's wrapper. Yoruba ... | African fabric

BATIK MATERIAL: COTTON YARDS : 5 YARDS PRICE : 17,000 #Adire #AdireBatik #AdireFabric #RavFabric #AfricanFashion #AfricanTextiles

Yoruba woman wearing starch resist adire eleko cloth, Nigeria, circa 1970. From Joanne Eicher "Nigerian Handcrafted Textiles" (1976)

Adire (Yoruba: tie and dye) textile is made in southwestern Nigeria by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques. A material designed with wax resist method that will patterned designs in a dazzling array of tints and hues. 5 yards

Wrapper (adire eleko), 'Olokun' design, cotton, hand-painted starch resist and indigo-dyed by a Yoruba woman, Western Nigeria, 1950-1966

BATIK MATERIAL: COTTON YARDS : 5 YARDS PRICE : 14,000 #Adire #AdireBatik #adirefabric #africanfashion #africantextiles #africanfabric #ravfabric

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Adan(Bat) motif. Oobe (smaller Oga(Chamele) Alangba (Lizard) Igbin (snail). specie of bat) - "Origin of and Visual Semiotics in Yoruba Textile of Adire"

Okayafrica speaks with renowned Nigerian visual artist and cultural icon Nike Davies-Okundaye about the Yoruba textile art of adire.

TWO DESIGNS ON BROCADE 5 yards in Total 25,000 Available for Asoebi and personal use (Large and small quantities) Nationwide Delivery 🚚 Kindly send a DM or use the link in BIO to reach us directly on whatsapp for further enquiries #Adire #AdireBatik #AdireFabric #chiffon #RavFabric #AfricanFashion #africantextiles #readytowear #fabricstore #naijaweddings #silkchiffon #ankaraandchiffon #ikoyi #ExplorePage