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Understand bôgôlan patterns.

Look at work by a Malian maker using bôgôlan textiles and discuss how material, colour and technique combine to form a pattern.

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01 / MALI

Go at your own pace.

Mali offers inspiration for a date at home with textiles, music, cooking or stories from creators, without assuming any travel plans.

02 / HOW TO DO IT

Here's how to do it.

  1. Look at work by a Malian maker using bôgôlan textiles and discuss how material, colour and technique combine to form a pattern.
  2. Choose a source that names the creator.
  3. Draw your own pattern without copying an existing symbol.

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