METAMORPHOSIS FROM QUTUB MINAR
Name- Armaan Singh Level 5
ABOUT THE MONUMENT Standing tall and proud as the insignia of the Mughal might and dominion, Qutub Minar is an iconic monument which spells out the narrative of Delhi like no other. The tallest brick minaret in the world is said to have been designed on the lines of Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan. Situated in Mehrauli and heritage storehouse of Delhi, the site is venue for the annual three-day Qutub Festival - a gathering of musicians, artistes, and dancers. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, According to historians the minaret was named after Qutb-ud-din Aibak who was responsible for building the monument. Qutub minar is the last remaining monuments depicting the Afghan-styled architecture.
WHAT’S IN THE CONCEPT ? Metamorphosis is an art and design in transforming one item into similar shape that represents something else. It all started with the selecting a monument in Delhi which is shapes, 3d patterns, motifs, forms, textures., an architecture which completely, inspires me by its past and present and incidents of destruction and its reconstruction works during 19th century ad. this is a monument is symbolic to “Victory of Mughal Empire on Delhi”. 0 In the project, I went to Qutub Minar clicked pictures of poles, minar, etc for research of project. The project required sorting of the images according to the shape, structure, architecture,poles and motifs. Sketching details were worked upon and recreating patterns by scaling up and down, created mood board , colour board were created and derived keywords. Side by side working upon iterations and proceeding towards technicals for the project and construction of the final garment along with all other boards.
SKETCHES
DESIGNS DERIVED FROM THE MONUMENT These sketches are made to focus more on the final dress and from where have they been derived.
1.BODY
2. ARMS
3. CENTRE STRIP
MOODBOARD FLORAL
The various moods derived from the sculptures, motifs of the minaret are floral, height, geometrical, symmterical.
HEIGHT
GEOMETRICAL
SYMMETRICAL
The mood which attracted my attention was was the “A” shape of the minaret and geomterical pattern which I decided to bring it in the center of the garment.
COLOUR BOARD Various colours derived from the monument are matched with colour pantones.
DESIGN ITERATIONS Various designs devloped for the garment.
DESIGN ITERATIONS 2 Various designs developed for the garment.
FABRIC BOARD Sourcing of different colors of Linen for the garment.
PROCESS The picture shows 1. Linen cloth selected for making the garment 2. The design of center strip 3. The color combination selected for center strip. Fabric choosen
The center strip
Threads for center strip
PROCESS The center strip for the garment was embroided which was tappering towards the top resembling the design of the Minaret. Phase 1
Phase 2
phase 3
Completed
PROCESS The stitching of the garment in progress
Trace and Cut
In process to stitch
Joining
PROCESS The loops and potli buttons for final finish of the garment Loops
Loops fixed
Potli buttons fixed
Back veiw
FINAL GARMENT The final garment has come out beautifully with the design of arms derived from pillars as shown in the sketch slide. The “A� shape of the garment along with the shape of central embroided panel is derived from the tappering structure of the minaret. The color combination of the garment has been derived from the natural colors of the monument.
