making practical‘African batiks’ and prints
on Brian Johnston (Namibia), 07/Jul/2010 21:36, 34 days ago
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If you travel around southern Africa, you’ll find that just about every country has similar (if not exact) ‘Batik’ paintings, often made for placemats and huge table cloths or wall hangings. I hear that the designs originated in Zimbabwe, but they’ve spread like crazy, and are very popular with tourists, regardless of origin. I call [...]