Sentences with phrase «kente cloth»

Working in the traditional style of kente cloth weaving Gobah Tengey - Seddoh designs the shawl attaching several strips of the decorative cloth together.

Stylistically, some artists build upon the rich visual culture of the continent, looking to carved and painted African masks, colorful woven kente cloths, and ancient bronze sculptures for inspiration.

Woven by hand, traditional West African kente cloth depicts a design known as «Champion.»

There are some widely known prints like Kente cloth from Ghana and Ankara from Nigeria.

This weekend, I scrolled through Twitter joyously taking in all the pictures of beautiful black people dressed in kente cloth, dashikis and African prints heading to the theatre to revel in this momentous occasion.

A preview of the building and exhibition published in the local Richmond Times - Dispatch last month noted what it called «KKK robes in pink camouflage» — the work of Guggenheim fellow and VCU artist - in - residence Paul Rucker, who refashions Klan robes in ironic fabrics including kente cloth, camouflage, and white satin.

The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana Be dazzled by over 200 gleaming gold items of regalia, colorful and intricately woven silk kente cloth, ceremonial furniture, state swords, linguist staffs, and other significant objects related to Asante royals from the 19th through the 21st centuries.

In form, these works echo traditional kente cloths worn by Ghanian kings.

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best - known of all African textiles.

«A long dress made from yellow - and - red Kente cloth draped her shoulders, and several gold bracelets hung from each of her brown arms.

I remember being embarrassed in elementary school when my mom sent me and my brother to «Culture Day» in Ghanaian kente cloth and kids made fun of us.

The red, gold, and black color schemes of these hangings resemble traditional kente cloths made by Ghanaian weavers.

Their eye - catching hanging assemblages — constructed, respectively, out of small squares of plastic gallon containers and found metal such as bottle tops — bear a clear resemblance to the prized Ghanian Kente cloth, made from the interwoven strips of silk and cotton.

The tote bag is produced by Brooklyn, N.Y. - based Africa Boutik, and is also available in a few other designs, including a large tote with leather handles and a denim tote with kente cloth lining, both made in Ghana.

With extreme precision and craftsmanship, the artist creates intricately detailed, complex patterned «wooden kente cloths» using humble pieces of pine, ebony, ash, maple, walnut, plywood, and other soft and hard woods.

In fact today, we just got an incredible example of portable light in the mail, a portable light textile that was woven into some original kente cloth.

These include five pieces of kente cloth, 10 pieces of wax print, executioners» word, computer system unit and four swords used for the swearing - in of chiefs.

New York - based Osborn Design, makers of fair trade shoes made in Guatamala from African Kente cloth, recycled clothing, and

• Clothing, including kente cloth, its history and how it's made • Ghanaian foods • Music and dance • Obwisana - Children's song game with links to learn the song and the game • Tue Tue - Children's song with links to learn the song and the dance.

And indeed staff and management of the award - winning Multimedia TV station were surprised when Nana Kwasi Wadie Esly II in the company of his Linguist, Okyeame Kwadwo Gyekye, his wife, Mabel Maku Wadie and Sister, Atsu Agbey walked into the studios of Adom TV in his beautifully woven Kente cloth.

Kente cloth is as defining to Ghana as kimonos are to Japan, as quinceñeras are to Latin America as bar mitzahs are to Judaism.

She said the Agortime Traditional Area has one of the highest concentration of weavers in Ghana and beyond and therefore urged all stakeholders to preserve the uniqueness of the Kente cloth to ensure the sustainability of the Kente weaving industry in the area and its surroundings.

The main objectives of the Kente Festival is for the preservation and protection of the kente cloth, the projection of the various uses of the cloth, acquisition of new techniques and innovations, promotion of tourism in the Agortime Traditional Area and unifying the people for socio - economic development.

What caught our attention was seeing them wear the kente cloth.

DAILY GUIDE gathered that computers, printers, desks, plastic chairs, stationery, Kente cloths, ceiling fans, the party's constitution, were destroyed by the fire.

The Kente cloth alternates between two types of fabric per row, often using yellow and other bright colors and patterns.

Kente cloth is one of the most interesting textiles, because it is actually made up of cut strips of fabric that are woven into a solid base cloth.

Madam Adwoa shares her mother's teachings with the extraordinary design of this kente cloth.

Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means

According to Carter, the fabric for her dress is inspired by the African kente cloth, and thanks to its flexible nature, it allows her to fight without worrying about being restricted.

The story of black American spiritual renewal and voyages to Africa isn't a new one; entire movements and styles, from Black Zionism in the 19th century to the kente cloth durags I grew up seeing in Irvington, New Jersey, were born of this idea.

They have been compared to mosaics and kente cloths, changing with each installation.

Bob Dennis Ahiagble is a master weaver of kente cloth.

Rubinstein's reference to tribal art appears to be based on the formal kinship of Ellison's paintings with, say, Kente cloth, but it also touches on Modernism's roots in both Sub-Saharan African art and an ethos of shared discovery, as witnessed in such movements as Cubism and Surrealism.

Among the works on view are exquisite examples of kente cloth, vibrant Ashanti, and Ewe textiles worn as a sign of wealth and prestige.

It links Mr. Whitney's paintings to textiles that minimize white — Amish and Gee's Bend quilts and African kente cloth — and also to the unrelenting black, green and red of the Pan-African flag.

Ribeiro pulls inspiration from kente cloth and African - American quilting patterns as a way to bridge his own cultural background growing up between Ghana and the United States, using a personal artistic style that escapes mediation from Western language.