The inspiration for this collection came from the rich painting style of the 'Madhubani' region in Bihar, India. The paintings, full of intricate borders, traditional motifs and vibrant colors, became the basis for further explorations.
The interplay of different texturing techniques for the borders, became the base for the initial explorations.
Following the language of the paintings, a range of motifs was also developed, to co-ordinate with the initial explorations, in order to arrive at dynamic print surfaces.
The fish motif, typical of the paintings, was also sketched out and explored.
The colours used in madhubani range from the bright reds and oranges to cool blues and greens, beautifully synchronized on a beige or an off-white background. Some neutrals like browns are also added to compliment the bright colours. The same colour story was taken forward while making the print surface for the collection.
The initial explorations and the extracted motifs were placed together to come up with a range of prints, to be used for the quilts. The basic framework of the pattern was kept striped.
In these surfaces, most of the part was left subtle, forming the background, and only some part of the pattern was emphasized, forming the foreground of the print.
In the next set of explorations, the stripes forming the foreground were made sparser, and were broken down into smaller lengths,
Some explorations were done by playing with the orientation and density of the stripe elements, and clubbing them with some simple motifs.
In these explorations, the fish motif was used in the foreground. The background remained the subtle stripes.
The final print surface for the quilt.
Colourways of the quilt print surface.
To co-ordinate with the quilt print surface, a range of prints were explored for the bed sheets. The prints were kept simpler than the quilt surface, while the elements were kept the same.
To co-ordinate with the quilt print surface, a range of prints were explored for the bed sheets. The prints were kept simpler than the quilt surface, while the elements were kept the same.
Final print surface for the bedsheets, with two colourways.
To co-ordinate with the print surfaces, a set of textured cushions was designed. The images are explorations done for these cushions. Initially done in available fabric, the textures would later be transferred in co-ordinated colors and fabrics during the final production.
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Bedding Collection for a Home Store : Madhubani
This project was done with 'Eucalyptus', A home furnishing store based in Hyderabad, India. The brief of the project was to come up with a bedding collection, using a variety of mediums like screen-printing, fabric texturing, etc. The inspiration for this collection was derived from the 'Madhubani' paintings of Bihar, India.
