Art-Batik

Adehoumi Sikirou Shola founded Art-Batik in Yaounde, Cameroon, in 1992. Adehoumi began painting in 1969 and in 1971 he studied batik and serigraphy at the National Center for Arts in Ouagadougou. He first exhibited his batiks in 1972 at the American Cultural Center of Abidjan (Ivory Coast). Since that time, he has exhibited in France and at the French Cultural Center in Cotonou (Benin), the Goethe Institute, the Jacques Aka Cultural Center in Bouake, and the Douala French Cultural Center (Cameroon). Adehoumi returned to his native Benin in 1994. Since that time his son, Waliou (known as Walas) has run the business.

An image is stamped onto cotton with wax that resists dye.	Or an image can be drawn, then painted with wax.	The cloth is next dyed with colorfast German dyes, then the wax is removed.

                 

Art-Batik produces colorful tablecloths, wall hangings, and clothing. For more information about Art-Batik, or to place an order, please contact (in French): Waliou Shola Art-Batik B.P. 7585 Yaounde Republic of Cameroon Africa Telephone: (237) 770-7756 or (237) 989-4132 email:Art Batik

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Links:
African Arts/Handicraft and Environmental Management Institute (AFHEMI)
Bark Pictures of Claude Ngaha
Dschang Handicraft Center
Gîtes Ruraux de l’Ouest
Metal Casting in Foumban
Wood Carving in Foumban
Pottery of Western Cameroon
Abdou Mfopa
Cameroonian Beadworking
Tapestry Crochet in Cameroon
Cameroonian Basket Maker, Fokam Goufo Buhler
Cameroonian Author, Mih John Fung
Cameroonian Painter, Hilarion Wirdzeka Faison
Nigerian Painter, Elcarver Rotimi Agbola
Batik in Java and Bali, Indonesia
Tapestry Crochet Home Page
Shibori in Japan
Katazome (Stencil Dying) in Kyoto, Japan
Carol Ventura's Home Page

Web page, photographs, and text by Carol Ventura.