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Video: A Day In The Life Of Mungo

Watch the Mungo weaving mill in action making their latest designer offering, the Soleil

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By Amy Saunders | August 22, 2018 | Video

The luxury homeware textile producer located in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, has created a vibrant new towel range. 

The inspiration behind the Tawulo range comes from the historical weavers in West Africa. Traditionally coloured yarns were obtained by extracting natural dyes from plants. When traders began to come to Africa from all over the world they brought exotically coloured fabrics with them. 

These fabrics were unravelled and the yarns re-woven in combination with local yarns, creating a hybrid of pattern, colour and texture.

 

Intrigued by the effect of this technique, founder of Mungo, Stu Holding applied it to the yarn that is rolled, at random, into the weft of the Tawulo range. A mix of citronelle, sage and mustard forms a melange of pattern and texture, tied together with the solidity of a duck egg stripe and border. The Tawulo range is available in Soleil, Thunder and Aqua

Filmmaker, Julian Culverhouse spent a day getting into the Mungo rhythm. Take a look at the short film which captures a bit of the Mungo daily routine below.

The Rhythm of Mungo from MUNGO on Vimeo.

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