Why Thabiso chose fabric design

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It might not elicit the same kind of artistic excitement like other types such as sculpture, drawing and abstract painting, but fabric painting is perhaps the most dominant art inspiring our daily life like some spiritual being.

Majority of us on a daily basis wear clothes with shapes and designs that give them that unique attraction. The shape printed on one's attire often symbolises their attachment to the art displayed yet for others it would be the colours that would make them choose a certain outfit.

So when Thabiso Tsholofelo temporarily abandoned metal sculpting to focus on this type of art, it appeared like an escape to a less difficult route yet its attraction was all around him.It is common knowledge that women are dominant in textile. Well, naturally they are a colourful species and easily get attracted to clothes of any kind. So when a man ditches what is otherwise regarded as a man's domain to focus on feminine stuff it becomes quite interesting.

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