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A. Reshmi Shankar
India
During My project at Nid, Ahmedabad, I worked with Avani, an NGO in Kumaon, India. I researched both international and domestic markets, formulated a generic color palette, studied wool as a material, and derived an analogue board for wool. After synthesizing my research, I channelized my project into two avenues.
The first involved designing a system for existing waste yarns that had accumulated in the organization because of careless usage and ineffective disposal, thereby utilizing them to
The first involved designing a system for existing waste yarns that had accumulated in the organization because of careless usage and ineffective disposal, thereby utilizing them to
the fullest in a cost effective manner. The second involved developing a range of stoles and mufflers for Autumn-Winter Season 2010 whose characteristic emphasis was based on surface textures, double sided products and blends. The idea was to create a vocabulary through basic concepts of color, color harmony and color interaction. The weaves had been developed based on maintaining an ease for the weavers.
I also tried to weave hand spun coarse yarn in a traditional pit loom into mufflers.
I also tried to weave hand spun coarse yarn in a traditional pit loom into mufflers.
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