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MONIKA KUMARI 6TH SEM, TEXTILE DESIGN. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN AHMEDABAD
ABOUT Born at BHAGALPUR, the silk city of india, i always find myself related with yarn, fiber and prints. TEXTILES according to me is something which always comes in surprising ways, in cohesion and interaction with the function ,they are created to fulfill practical, aesthetic, artistic and social values. I always like to perceive anythng which catch my interest and then try to reflect their tangible and intangible attributes in my work. i like to experiment and play with fabric and yarns.
WEAVING knowledge and hands on experience of basic and compound weave structures , have worked on table loom , 24 shaft loom and dobby.
2010- Joined Graduate Diploma Program in Design, National Institute of Design 2008- HSC, Adwaitya mission , Bounsi 2006- SSC, Mount Assisi School , Bhagalpur , Bihar MONIKA KUMARI 08000802289 monika.k@nid.edu monika.ramoramo.singh74@gmail.com Currently a sixth sem student of textile design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN AHMEDABAD , PALDI. INDIA.
EXPERIENCE Worked with TANA BANA pvt LTD. for creating silk stoles for FAB INDIA. Project with GENERAL MOTORS and RELIANCE to create seat cover weaving pattern for brand CHEVROLET.
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Tex-cad ,Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Ned Graphics-Design & Repeat, Colour Reduction, Mapping, Microsoft Office
PRINTING knowledge and hands on experience of screen printing and block printing DYEING knowledge and experience of synthetic and natural dyes. Have practiced Bandhini, shibori, batik etc.. FELTING played with felt in my fabric construction course
EDUCATION
SOFTWARE
STUDIO SKILLS
INTERESTS Painting, sketching, poetry, dance, photography, cooking,making installations etc.
SEWING AND SURFACE EMBELLISHMENTS Have ideas all basic technique of sewing , made apparel for my project PHOTOGRAPHY knowledge and hands on experience with the SLR and DSLR camera in studio and outdoor photography. BASIC KNOWLEDGE Have experience of WOOD, METAL and CLAY as part of my foundation programme.
PROJECTS AT NID Craft documentation on BASKETRY AND DOM COMMUNITY OF BIHAR Projects with GM MOTORS and RELIANCE DESIGN MANAGEMENT in which i launched new anti-tanning mask AMEN-RA. PROJECT with ROYAL TEXTILE MUSEUM OF BHUTAN FABRIC CONSTRUCTION OPEN ELECTIVE
FABRIC STRUCTURE - 1 The basic weaves include plain (or tabby), twills, and satins. Here the weaving techniques like saumak, cut-pile , weft terry and pilling are used. My inspiration for
this weaving was the phirki which r sold in indian melas and children used them to play. the starky colours attract them .
ADVANCE WEAVING -
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Double-woven cloth is produced by multiple plain weaving. It is woven in two layers, which may be completely independent, may be joined at one or both selvages, may be held together along the edges of a pattern, or may be united by a separate binding weft.
PAINTED GLASS WINDOWS was my inspiration for tis weaving. Double-woven cloths have been used for clothing, but, though warm, they tend to be heavy and to drape poorly. They are most often used as bed-covers or wall hangings.
TREE BARKS were my inspiration for my weaving . Here i have tried to explore the texture and pattern found on the tree bark. the mosses and algae gives a beautiful contribution in creating a nice composition, i have tried to apply that on my fabric.These are generally thick fabrics may be used for home furnishing. the techniques like Imitation inlay, Backed fabric , special warp-weft , terry and Leno are used during this course.
FABRIC CONSTRUCTION ---woven
, knit, non woven , sewing and braiding techniques were explored during this course to create a fabric surface. my inspiration for development of fabric was STAR FRUIT. i studied star fruit and i tried pulled out its characterstics both tangible and intangible on my fabric.
SEWING TECHNIQUES :- in this course techniques like making seams, interlocking, piping , patchwork, different kind of tucks likes pin-tucks, mexican tucks,, blind tucks, pleats , smocking , frills and ruffles etc.. were explored and finally we converted them into a product.
DANCE OF INDAIN PEN :- this couse was all about calligraphy, playing with diffrent fonts and creating our own style. i basically tried to create surface throgh the stokes of various tools of pens and with letters. i created a surface which can create
various kinds of prints .
SURFACE AND PRINT DESIGN :- During this courses i used a peice of sketch into repeat , and learned to work on softwares of ned graphics , like Design and repeat pro and Colour reduction. we also learned to make print screens and print the same design on fabrics. for this course we took inspiration from different paintings and tried to put its sense ,texture and drama into my prints .we also created coordinates like chintz, buta- buti and borders of same print.
FINAL PRINT SURFACE AND CORDINATES
PRINT ON CLOTH
PROJECT WITH GENERAL MOTORS AND RELIANCE This was the project given by general motors were we have to take traditional textile as our inspiration and design fabric for CHEVROLET brand seat covers. I took my inspiration as basketry and sujuni embroidery and tried to produce final art work which fits into the company aesthetics and purpose . the final fabric of seat covers were produced by RELIANCE industries . this was a good exposure for me as i came to know how market works.
SURROUNDED BY SILK During my 4th sem i worked with TANA BANA pvt LTD. for eight weeks . Here i learned more about silk and worked on various groups of people and contributed my skills in various fields like DYEING, EMBROIDERY, WEAVING andSTITCHING. I also designed ranges of design of kurtis and stole for FAB INDIA
COLOURS ALL AROUND ( DYEING) This course i learned about all types of natural and synthetic dyes . i explored different techniques like shibori , lehariya , clamp die, bandhini , dyeing with heat setting , making colour shades and variations of tie and dye . i also tried dyeing different kinds of method of tie and die on t-shirts and stoles.
INTRODUCTION TO APPAREL :-my garment was inspired by birds. I tried pleating which is done from
both left and right direction , i tried to give it a peppy look and a crumple feeling.
EXPLORING MEDIUM ON PAPER :- some of my work when i play with different mediums like water colour, oil pastels , indian ink and poster
paints etc..
OUT OF TRACK:- my other interest like photography , making products, posters and folk paintings.