Zanav Bompuka Fabric Swatches
Bompuka is a 100% cotton upholstery fabric designed by Belgian textile designer Fabienne Collet for Zanav. As with all Zanav fabrics, Bompuka is produced by processes that are mostly manual, with nearly extinct power-looms used for the final fabric weave. These old looms have limited pattern options, and out of this constraint Fabienne has created a unique fabric by experimenting with the interplay of weave, colour and light. For example, twisting two differently coloured vat dyed yarns brings light play to the matte cotton fibre and blurs the edges of the very small geometric repeat. Bompuka requires a high level of skill and craftsmanship; it would not be possible to design and produce it consistently if hand and culture were missing from the process.