Mud Cloths Now in Stock

I just received a shipment of some amazing hand made mud cloths from Mali. And although they're not kuba cloths, I thought I'd share the good news. There's a sample of some in the store, and I'll be adding stock throughout the week.

Apartment Therapy has a great floor cushion project featuring mud cloths. Get crafty!

Book Review: Textile Art of the Bakuba

Finding Irwin Hersey's essay on kuba cloths, piqued my interest and I found out that he literally wrote the book on kuba cloths.

The first 20 or so pages is a comprehensive survey of the history of kuba cloths, and the various tribes in and around the Congo that produce them. The balance of the book, about 160 pages catalogs a great collection of kubas. If you like your eye candy in a digital format, just do a Google image search or a Yahoo image search for kuba cloth. Overall a great coffee table and reference book.

QCC Art Gallery/Irwin Hersey Kuba Cloth Essay

One of the more thoughtful and insightful essays on kuba cloth, can be found at the QCC Art Gallery of the City University of New York, written by Irwin Hersey.