Batik and njaxas patchwork

Papa uses wax printing for his batiks, a method which requires detailed planning and a process in many stages. The inspiration for the designs comes from daily Senegalese life but he also creates abstract patterns for clothes, wall painting and bed sheets. He works with traditional Baye Fall patchwork design too, including using basin and traditional wax textiles from Senegal and West Africa. Working from his backyard in Dakar, he collaborates with traditional tailors and other craftspeople, some of which are members of the Baye Fall brotherhood. He creates textile works in a studio in Hökarängen, southern Stockholm, together with Baye Fall disciple Elhadji Biteye.