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Handwoven striped and checked fabric from women weavers in rural Ghana.
We use hand-grown, carbon neutral cotton to create our unique patterns.

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After much experimentation we are so thrilled with our collection of six new fabrics! All handwoven in our hometown in rural north Ghana. We hope you like them too ❤

#sustainablefabrics #handwoven #upholsteryfabric #wovenfabric #furnishingfabrics #interiordesign #interiorfabric #luxurytextiles #ethicaltextiles #fabricinspiration #luxuryfabrics #handwoven #handwoventextiles #socialenterprise #homefabrics #textiledesign #hometextile #boonforyou by @boonandup

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Summer days with @boonandup 🌞

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#tablecloths #sustainablefabrics #handwoven #wovenfabric #interiordesign #ethicaltextiles #handwoven #ethicalhomewares #homeware #ecohome #interiordesign #decorinspo #homeinterior #independentdesigners #handwovenluxury #handwoventextiles #socialenterprise #boonforyou by @boonandup

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Mabel models our fabric ‘Savannah Tracks’. Legend has it that the first Dagaaba man to settle in modern Lawra in Ghana was a man named Kontol. He crossed the river from what is now Burkina Faso in pursuit of wildlife. After a while he stopped as he felt thirsty. Finding no streams or lakes to quench his thirst he followed the tracks of the wildlife as their hooves and paws left dotted red and pink tracks in the red earth of the sun-bleached vegetation of the savannah, and this led him to a water hole where he founded our hometown, Lawra.

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‘Rivercorn’ from Boon & Up, handwoven in rural Ghana from carbon-neutral cotton. Every Easter the people of our hometown of Lawra empty out onto the corn fields on the banks of the nearby River Volta for a three-day festival. It’s dry season so the blue-brown river will have dried out to a trickle, and fingers of the yellow sandy riverbed serve as dancefloors for the partygoers.

#BoonAndUp #FabricDesign #TextileDesign #TextileArt #PatternDesign #DesignInspiration #ColorPalette #CreativeCommunity by @boonandup

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10 months ago

Handwoven fabric from Ghana by Boon & Up. Our collection of 50 fabrics, woven from carbon-neutral cotton, includes ‘Neem Tree’, modeled by Mia. The Neem tree packs a variety of medicines into its frame. Boil the leaves to fight off the symptoms of malaria, scrape the bark to alleviate rheumatism. This pattern focuses on the undulating surface of the trunk.

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#BoonAndUp #HandwovenTextiles #ArtisanMade #SustainableDecor #HandmadeHome #InteriorDesignInspo #TextileDesign #DecorInspiration #HomeStyleInspo #DesignDetails by @boonandup

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Our fabric ‘River Crossing, in leaf’: in our corner of rural Ghana the Dagaaba people live in both Ghana and Burkina Faso and are separated by the Volta River. Since time immemorial politicians have been promising a bridge, but for now the 50 metre crossing is made by dugout canoes, and market traders and travellers will heap their goods into the wobbly craft and paddle across.

#BoonAndUp #HandwovenTextiles #ArtisanMade #EthicalInteriors #SustainableTextiles#HandcraftedHome #TextileDesign #WovenFabric #LondonCanals #SustainableStyle #IndependentDesign #DesignWithPurpose #CreativeProcess by @boonandup

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10 months ago

A little sunshine on a grey day.. featuring our ‘Anamaala’ fabric. Handwoven in rural Ghana from carbon-neutral cotton.

#BoonAndUp #HandwovenTextiles #ArtisanMade #SustainableStyle #GhanaWeaving #AfricanTextiles #HandmadeStyle #EarthyTones #NaturalAesthetic #WeavingTraditions #InteriorTextiles #FabricInspiration by @boonandup

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10 months ago

Say hello to our wonderful weavers! Suzy, Janet, Linda, Esther, Grace,
Mabel, Ophelia, Anita and Sylvia. The very best.

#BoonAndUp #MeetTheMaker #ArtisanStories #MadeInGhana
#GhanaArtisans #WeavingTraditions #HandwovenTextiles
#CraftsmanshipMatters #ArtisanMade #AfricanTextiles by @boonandup

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10 months ago

We were so honoured that our fabric ‘Grace’s Sky’ was included in Nicola Harding’s jewel of a room at this summer’s Wow House. Best room at the Wow house?? 😉
@nicolahardingandco

#BoonAndUp #HandwovenTextiles#SustainableFabrics #DesignCentreChelseaHarbour #WOWHouse #LondonInteriorDesign #CurtainFabric #DraperyDesign #DesignerFabrics #InteriorDesignInspo #designinstallations by @boonandup

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10 months ago

‘Xylophone’ and ‘Harvest Bounce’

Xylophone - In our part of rural Ghana we string together empty gourds of differing sizes and give them little wooden hats which we then rhythmically drum. Our fabric pattern represents the hypnotic tunes that have a central theme but sound like mellifluous babbling brooks, the tunes take years of apprenticeship and dedication to understand and learn.

Harvest Bounce - The big event of our year is the harvest festival celebrations in our hometown. Everyone dresses up to the nines, and dance troupes from right across Ghana gather to out-perform each other. Village chiefs line up to make speeches, relatives return from far flung places, and everyone enjoys an enormous two-day party.

#InteriorTextiles #ModernCraft #ArtisanDecor #SustainableDesign #HomeDecorLovers #BrightTextiles #SupportArtisans #EthicalHome #BoonAndUp #HandwovenFabric #WeavingCommunity #LoomWeaving #VibrantTextiles by @boonandup

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a year ago

A pale cream fabric, ‘Kapok Tree’, a tree that bears a white fluffy seed which is harvested in north Ghana and is used locally to stuff mattresses and pillows

#BoonAndUp #HandwovenTextiles #MadeInGhana #NorthernGhana #NatureInspiredDesign #TextilesForInteriors #InteriorDesignCommunity #InteriorDesignInspo #SustainableInteriors #EcoFriendlyDesign #ArtisanalCraft #SlowDesign #NaturalTextures #AfricanTextiles #DesignWithPurpose by @boonandup

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a year ago

A porthole on a London barge, and framing the porthole is our ‘Guinea for a fall’ fabric ⚓️

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#IndigoFabric #InteriorInspiration #FabricInspiration #TextileDesign #PatternDesign #SlowInteriorDesign #HomeDecorLovers #InteriorDetails #DecorCrush #CreativeInteriors #LondonBargeLife #HouseboatLiving#PortholeView #CanalLiving #LondonDesignScene by @boonandup

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