Discover Textile Traditions from Around the World

Artists to Explore

• Porfirio Gutierrez, Zapotec Textile Artist and Dyer (website)

• Gasali Adeyemo, Expert Dyer in the Yoruba tradition (website)

• Peju Layiwola, Professor of Creative Arts at the University of Lagos, uses multiple mediums to express postcolonial life in Africa (website, Indigo Reimagined exhibition)

• Aboubakar Fofana, French-Malian artist, indigo producer and expert dyer (website)

• Nike Okundaye, founder of Nike Art Gallery dedicated to preserving traditional art forms in Lagos, Nigeria (website)

Helpful Video Links: Cochineal, Indigo and Zapotec textile traditions

• Video on Porifirio Gutierrez and Family from Smithsonian: Ka Duu (Natural Color) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyM97s9Rrrs

• Video of Porfirio Gutierrez Workspace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3izGH6Vjx_g

• Video of Porfirio Gutierrez Presentation on Zapotec Textiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8jbdkWqaeI

• Natural Dyes of Porfirio Gutierrez and Family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krcJ0VHzgA8

• The Artists of Teotitlán: 2,500 years of Zapotec Weaving (Fresh Princess): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HhIbKszPLE

• Teotitlán Weavers, J Isaac Vasquez Garcia and Family BORDERS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf2kmd3_77o

• Botanical Colors Feedback Friday with Zapotec Textile Artist and Natural Dyer Porfirio Gutierrez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt8YcyjGGJE

• Porfirio Gutierrez, Color Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLA_yPRL-6w

• Traditional Art in a Modern World, Conversations with Porfirio Gutierrez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLtkG3ovl5o

Indigo Traditions

• Nigerian Artists keeping the Tie and Dye technique Alive, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNQa5hnQ9tg

• (Natural) Indigo Dye Extraction in India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEMcjmyjoOY&t=358s

• No Time to Dye? Indigo Go, Going for For 500 Years! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzEuoVhp9_I

• In Pursuit of Indigo: Japanese ikat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aotsp_iMqBA

• The Secret of Japan Blue: A Story of an Indigo Dyeing Craftsman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgnks36554g

• Botanical Colors Feedback Friday with Aboubakar Fofana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8V7JTl67oQ

• AAAS The World’s Earliest Known Use of Indigo Found in Peru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gigMmPJ1Vm4

• ​How These People Draw Money out of Indigo Dye Pits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlgm1VK2v5k

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