Interning with 'Weaver's Studio', under the guidance of Darshan Shah helped me develop my skills of fabric construction and fabric ornamentation. Working with their production unit 'Rangeen' i absorbed a lot from the skilled staff present there about the technicalities of block printing, screen printing, and weaving.
The only brief given to me before commencement :
The designs created should have a rhythm of muted kitsch.
The designs created should have a rhythm of muted kitsch.
For my internship project i hence designed block prints on Tussar fabric, screen prints on Georgette fabric and handmade stoles in natural dyes for their commercial and wholesale clients.
Affluence : an array of the old money denominations once functional in India, carved out in woodden blocks.
Printed on Tussar with shades of black and brown.
Printed on Tussar with shades of black and brown.
Pulse Phase : a pool of colors carried out with the help of silk screens.
Printed on Geogette, patterned with vintage and modern clocks.
Printed on Geogette, patterned with vintage and modern clocks.
Clamped with natural indigo.
Printed with the same screen.
Printed with the same screen.
Entwined Envelopes : an ensemble of handspun and hand woven cotton scarves.
A palette of colors depicted by inculcating tie dyed yarn,
A palette of colors depicted by inculcating tie dyed yarn,
jaamdani technique of weaving, double selvedges and striped wefts.
Indigo & Brown tie dyed warp.
White & Grey striped weft.
Bright Red selvedge.
White & Grey striped weft.
Bright Red selvedge.
Cement Grey warp.
Rust & Pastel Green striped weft.
Rust & Pastel Green striped weft.
Red & Yellow as selvedges.
Cement Grey warp.
Chocolate Brown weft.
Pink jaamdani motifs.
Red & Yellow selvedges.
Chocolate Brown weft.
Pink jaamdani motifs.
Red & Yellow selvedges.
White warp.
Red selvedge.
Red selvedge.
Shades of Teal & Pink striped weft.
White warp.
Red selvedge.
Red selvedge.
Teal & Grey striped weft with Pink dividing the two sides.
My first experience weaving on the pedal loom.
Hand spun yarn dipped in shades of Indigo & Brown.
Hand spun yarn dipped in shades of Indigo & Brown.
