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Commemorative textile with portrait of Barack Obama on blue background

Length of commemorative printed textile by Akosombo Textiles Limited featuring a portrait of Barack Obama. The fabric has a blue ground with a printed small-scale geometric design in dark blue. There ...
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Afghan-Canadian artist Hangama Amiri stitches the idea of 'home' into stunning textile portraits

Hangama Amiri, Portrait of a Lady in a Cafe, 2021. Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, satin, suede, printed textiles, plastic, watercolour on paper, airbrush on fabric, marker and acrylic on ...
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Commemorative textile with portrait of Barack Obama and Yes We Can slogan

Length of commemorative printed textile by Comatex, S.A. featuring Barack Obama and his campaign slogan "Yes We Can." The fabric has a very pale blue ground with a background design of a continuous ...
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This Calgary artist found a global audience with the 'soft power' of her textile portraits of Black women

In the spring of 2020, Simone Elizabeth Saunders was in her final year at the Alberta University of the Arts, and it was shaping up to be an anticlimactic milestone. Saunders, then 37, was facing the ...