Portfolio by Asmita Singh

CONTENTS RESUME FABRIC CONSTRUCTION WEAVING (BASIC AND ADVANCED) JACQUARD WEAVING (DESIGN PROJECT WITH GENERAL MOTORS) SURFACE DEVELOPMENT AND PRINT CONCEPTS INTRODUCTION TO APPAREL MEDIA EXPLORATION PHOTOGRAPHY BRAIDING AND KNOTTING TEXTILES IN SPACE

Educational qualification

Printing

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March 2008-scored 90.02% in 10th (SSC) standard cbse examination as a student of Lucknow public school, sector- I, Lucknow.

Developing prints and their co-ordinates for apparel and home furnishing using block print and screen printing.

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March 2010-scored 88% in higher secondary board examination as a student of Lucknow public school, Lucknow.

Knowledge and skills Softwares Adobe creative suite ( Indesign, Photoshop, illustrator), Ned graphics, Tex cad, coral draw, ms office etc. Weaving Simple and compound structures of weave on table loom and 24 shafts computerised arm loom (dobby). Developed patterns for jacquard fabrics for General Motors (design project) Stitching and embroidery •

Adept at using motorised machine for stitching and embroidery • Hand embroidery especially Chikankari and Zardozi. • Developing surfaces and textures using stitching techniques Fibre and yarn, Dyeing • • •

Using synthetic and natural dyes. Shibori and tie resist dying. Hand spinning of cotton, silk and wool. Treatment of fabrics using their natural properties

Design projects •

Design products for royal textile academy museum shop.

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Classroom project with general motors designing fabrics for seat covers.

Experience Worked in Tracon ESPL, mumbai for 2 months as an intern designer. made 5 collections for the kitchenware and tableware linens for the international exhibition, AMBIENTTE

ASMITA YADAV

Other skills

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN

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Contact asmita.y@nid.edu

Photography using digital and manual slr (outdoor and studio phtography) • Documentation of craft “tughra calligraphy of lucknow” • Know all kinds of binding techninigues learned as a part of classroom project for ‘bhutan textile museum. • Cord braiding with ply split technique • Worked with wood, clay, metal, alluminium as a part of course in foundation. Personal Ability to quickly ideate and visually represent thought processes on paper and in software, good communication skills, team worker, assertive, organized, disciplined and reliable. Interest Travelling, playing volleyball, photography. (All the pictures in the portfolio are taken by me.)

+917878199780 I am a 4rd year undergraduate student of national institute of design(NID), ahmadabad, pursuing textile design. Design has attracted me ever since i could organize thoughts in my mind. Design for minimalism, functionality has always been my outlook. When i start ith a project i like to go its very roots and therefore enjoy research, brainstorming and explorations for a project the most. An avid photographer by heart. I am currently in search for a 6 months diploma project.

FABRIC CONSTRUCTION

The spiky texture of the outer cover, the fleshy and succulent fruit and the large seed at the core, the manner of peeling the spiky skin were the various attributes explored in paper and fabric mediums in order to develop innovative concepts for fabrics and products. Various tessellating patterns were explored in laser-cutting to examine the stretch factor of a flat surface of cloth. These laser cut forms which have been incised on a cloth respond to wind movement and stretching along the diagonal grain of the fabric creating different lattice forms.

Exploring the structure of litchi through different material like paper fevicol plastic.

TREATMENT ON FABRICS

WEAVING

Understanding basic weaves like twill, tabby, weft faced, pointed twill, bed ford, cut pile Etc. Taking inspiration from the characteristics of green coconut.

RUGS

WEAVING

REFERENCE

OVERLAPPING METTALIC RUSTY TILES

Creating fabric structures like imitation inlay, backed fabric, special warp and special weft, terry, leno, extra weft, extra warp, quilting etc, for home furnishing. Taking reference from the roof top tiles and studying its visual as well as structural construction.

ARTWORKS

WOVEN SAMPLES

DESIGN PROJECT AUTOMOTIVE TEXTILES FOR GENERAL MOTORS EXPLORATIONS

As a client project, set of designs were made inspired from Indian textiles for Chevrolet brand seat cover. The designs were based on the craft practice of Kutch ”Suzani weaving” and the designs on the other page are based on the characteristics of chickankari embroidery of Lucknow.

FINAL ARTWORK

MAPPED ARTWORK

Chikankari as another reference for the exploration of artworks for seat covers.

colour(mustard colour) have few pigments of green which will give you the energy and hope to work enthusiastically even in this hot yellow summers.

SURFACE DEVELOPMENT

The flow and fluidity of this spring summer season is the focus of this collection. Gathering energy to be enthusiastic in this chilling summers from the form(shape and bends) of NERIUM OLEANDER flowers is the key motto. Musdard flowers being the symbol of winters is the theme of this collection to move your mind from this chilling summers and think of the lovely and cool winters which refreshen our minds. The zing yellow colour(mustard colour) have few pigments of green which will give you the energy and hope to work enthusiastically even in this hot yellow summers.

COORDINATES

REFERENCE FOR TREATMENT

SURFACE DEVELOPMENT

Inspired from winter autumn collection of brand ETRO, made a collection of home furnishing taking colour story from trend forecast of autumn 2013 ‘endlessness’. Taking form inspiration from TREE OF LIFE, the prints and its coordinates are made keeping ETRO’s aesthetics. INFINITY ETERNAL LAYERS FADE BLUR

MYSTRY DIFFUSE OBSCURE QUIET OSMOTIC

COORDINATES AND SURFACE

INTRODUCTION TO APPAREL

PAPER EXPLORATIONS

BALANCE, FREE THINKING, UNIQUE SHAPE AND ELEGANT are the words which attribute to the golden pheasant as well of my garment. My designs are inclined towards the texture of bird wings (pin tuck pleating) and geometric forms which lead to creative eccentric and passionate look of the garment. The attributes of volume and form of paper garment and then transferred to fabric in form of a diagonal pin tuck line. Chic, noble, graceful is a very essential part of my design as well as beautiful and comfortable feel.

FINAL GARMENT

DYEING

Using natural and synthetic dyes to generate gradation of complimentary colours. techniques like tie dye bandhini, clamp dye, shibori, resist tie dye using natural dyes and synthetic dyes were explored in course in form of products like stoles and table covers.

BRAIDING AND KNOTTING

EXPLORED 3 DIMENTIONALITY USING DIFFERENT KINDS OF KNOTTING, PLY SPLIT BRAIDING AND MACRAME.

PENCIL WRAP ‘CWRAP’

Button used for the locking system as the circumference of wrap can be variable according to the stuff filled inside.

Pencil holders made of elastic

Variations in colour and design.

This was the product which was designed for the NID merchandise store during convocation. It’s a pencil wrap which could hold pens of any width because of the material used in it.

MEDIA EXPLORATION

Exploring the variations in textures possible using minimal tools was the basic concept. Creating textures with clay which is commonly available everywhere. Playing with textures is the basic need for designer. And learning how to create it with materials is the basic requirement for the designer. Tried to learn how different materials respond differently and what it can serve to us in terms of different textures.

PHOTOGRAPHY