Nimisha Singhal portfolio
Arroyo & Foliole -
Self driven project where the concept is based on fractals,tesselations, organic shapes and order in chaos existing in nature.
Interplay of light and shadow is what gives character to this lamp, creating a feel of rather unique tactile appearance.
Floret - This was a wall and floor lamp, where several felt pieces were attached together to form a 3 d surface. The lamp serves a dual purpose of serving as a floor rug and also a floor lamp.
The effect created by the light falling on the
textural surface creates interesting effects.
Utpal - Collection of printed soft furnishing - It involved my exposure to print media,
experimenting with color and fabric, market research, inspiration and mood board, motif iterations, product development, finishing and embellishments and then a brand identity.A rather holistic project in every sense.
AKAARO-Internship - My internship was at weave based studio Akaaro based in New Delhi under textile designer Mr.. Gaurav Jai Gupta.
Key learning aspects were that while developing fabric concepts importance to international market trends, experiments with colors , textures and a keen eye for detail and material were practiced.
Akaaro - Wills fashion week SS 2011 - I worked along with designer Gaurav Jai Gupta to create fabric for Wills fashion week for his spring summer 2011 collection.
I experimented with the fabric textures
working with silk, cotton, elastic and
stainless steel yarns where great emphasis was paid to the colour texture ,form and silhouette.
Aka nudeli - The philosophy behind the new label is to lay emphasis on recycling and creating low range, quick selling products for the urban market.
It would be a home grown label which projects and promotes the hand made skills of India like weaving and hand embroidery.
Here the word Nu deli is a metaphor for New Delhi as well as new daily. The essence of this label lies in its origin, which reflects the influences of Delhi on its products.
Aka nudeli-Patch thy quilt - The products were inspired by the Mughal architecture.
Embroidery, coiling, dyeing were used to give a finished look to the quilts. Several small pieces of scarps were collected then sorted and stitched in various ways to form a lager surface big enough to form a quilt. Technique of over dying was used to create a flow between different patches of fabrics.
Aka nudeli - Forms follows idea has been the guiding principal through and through. Where each imagery has a story to tell, a visual narrative that I have tried to capture through sketches, freezing it in form and then giving it that tactile sensory experience by translating in fabric.
Each has its own set of intuitive guiding principle that resulted in reinterpreting the image in paper form, converting it into fabric and then crafting the bags.
Aka nudeli - Using the waste fabric, a wide range of scarves were made using several textiles and stitching techniques. The scarves are designed by patching together fabrics and stylizing by employing various technique like
dyeing, bleaching, folds and pleats and embroidery .
Action North Eastern Trust (ANTS) - I designed a range of hand woven fabric concepts and designs for ANTS.
Which involved intensively working with the women weavers of Bodo tribe of Assam .
Utilizing their traditional weaving skills and looms, which was a challenge as it required to work and several constrains and parameters.
Action North Eastern Trust (ANTS) - The major challenge was the budget constrain and the climate. Creating warp and weaving is discontinued during monsoon which start earlier in these areas.
In terms of design the motif were limited according to the number of heddles that could be employed in the construction.
Weaves-Exploring beyond conventional -
Tana bana was about exploring the craft of weaving. I experimented with several different types of weaves which produced different texture on the fabric and thus altering its usage.
Apart from exploring weaves I also experimented with various kinds of yarns in both warp and weft like lycra, plastic drastically affecting the appearance of the fabric.
Fashion forecast and illustration - Knowledge of fashion and trend forecast has helped me develop a better sensitivity towards the new colour, fabric and textures trends and cater to the ever increasing need of the national and international market. Hence allowing me to adjust and modify to the new fashion .
Techno textiles - Fashion forecast culminated in several learning coming together. From understanding fashion
forecast to illustrating garment style.
Using previous knowledge of pattern making, fabric treatment, color and surface texture motif
placement. I amalgamate all this in to
experimenting using arduino boards and light sensitive led resulting in techno textiles.
Salvataggio - Salvattagio is a collection of shoes and collars made from waste plastic shopping bags, tarpaulin, rubber tubes and
computer junk like keyboards. Utilizing techniques of crochet and knitting and experimenting with unconventional material.
This project combines my interest for stainability and my fascination of working with plastic material. To give the project a holistic look I developed a hypothetical brand identity .
Surface textures - My keen interest in exploring and experimenting with fabric, yarns , embroideries, stitch techniques resulted in creating various tactile and interesting surfaces. These surfaces were mocks where they could further be visualized into being used on a products fabric manipulation was key aspect.
Shibori- Japanese tie and dye - Experimentation the Japanese technique of resist dyeing using various dyes and fabrics like cotton and silk. Treated cloth has a three-dimensional form created by folding, crumpling, stitching, pleating or clamping and twisting. Cloth shaped by these methods is secured in using a strong raffia string and then dipped in either cold or hot dye bath.
Shibori- Japanese tie and dye - Experimentation in Japanese technique of shibori lead me into discovering how heat application can alter the surface of a fabric. Hence I worked with manipulating various fabrics and how they react to heat .
Conceptualization of this garment has a rather three dimensional feel due to the surface textures created with heat resist technique on silk and acrylic fabrics.
experimenting with print mediums
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