“Cloth as Currency”
In March 2018, Kenturah returned to Accra, Ghana as one of Osei-Duro’s inaugural artist in residence where she worked with the surplus, hand-dyed fabric from the brand’s garment production. The results were one of a kind handmade art pieces made in collaboration with Fati, a seamstress we’ve worked with for many years. Together they cut and pieced our off-cut fabrics to create a new textile that resembles Kente cloth in its proportions and narrow strip structure. They sewed a number of large pieces that refer to finished Kente, and then another master tailor, Bawah, sewed two of these into a stunning coat. Kenturah also created a loom-like framework with miscellaneous textile materials woven into it as a wall piece. Of these items, Osei-Duro has made two large textile pieces available for sale. The coat has gone to a private collector and the wall loom will stay in Osei-Duro’s permanent collection. Read the full story here.