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How Bogolan Fabric Is Made

Journal / Craft & ProcessHow Bogolan Fabric Is MadeFrom a cotton field in Mali to the finished cloth on your wall — six steps, each still done by hand.. Bogolan — what’s often called mudcloth — doesn’t start with a pattern. It starts with a seed. Every piece in our collection passes through the same […]