This dissertation deals with the design vernacular of the Abayomi Cooperative black fabric dolls, which are created without any glue or stitches. The Abayomi Cooperative is from Rio de Janeiro; composed of women who designed a visual language in the dolls creation based on faith and power of images, wherein the artists are considered masters of their own craft. Each element used to build a doll has an important meaning for these women. The poses, colors and shapes reinforce what the doll is intended to express by the Abayomi as each one represents a unique story. The creative process excludes textile industrial elements, using a minimum of tools in the design process; therefore the artists approach the manner of production: raw material, process and product. This research was developed from the relationship with Lena Martins, cooperative artist founder, recognizing the Abayomi design, the general material wrought and the senses produced by the group perform. This essay is a participated design project report in the visual language translation, processed with illustration from Abayomi characters and their themes, the cooperative oral, gesture and three- dimensional traditions in face on esthetics matter those pieces make appear.