Bogolan

Atelier de Bogolan donné par Aboulay Coulibaly à Sanakoroba Janvier 2008 pour initier les Cfcistes à l'art traditionnel malien.




My roomate has a difficult job. He works with street kids as young as 6 years old.
I paint with mud. Its the traditionnal malian medium.
Classmate painting with mud, traditional medium called Bogolan
You get a dye from a plant that you boil in water. The dye is so that the clay you apply on the cotton sticks and dyes the fabric black. It makes for very nice art.