Textile and Fashion Portfolio
Projects: Aberrations BA Collection Hurme Fashion collection Human body Textile collection Greenland Fashion collection Greenland Interior textile Collection Bon appĂŠtit! Interior textile Prints
Aberrations BA thesis textile and fashion collection Sarianna Niskala 2015 A young, rebel mod girl leaves 1960’s swinging London in order to learn about indigenous people and experience adventures, peace and love. Instead of India she ends up in psychedelic Lapland and broadens her mind with lichen and mushrooms. ”Aberrations” textile and fashion collections are inspired by bright prints, optical art, 60’s and Lappish lichen, mushrooms and hallucinations. All the textiles are unique and most of them realized by hand. I designed and executed all clothing, textiles, prints, colour combinations, materials and patterns. photos: Veera Konsti clothes and styling: Sarianna Niskala models: Maija Järviniemi and Helmi Saarekas
printed by hand
woven by hand digi print
knit lace
industrial jacquard
HURME
Textile & fashion collection Sarianna Niskala 2014 Hurme is an inspiration textile collection for a women’s fashion collection inspired by Nordic nature and Slavic and Lappish mindstate and traditions. ”Hurme” is old Finnish and means blood. The word is also often connected to rapture, dust, destruction and burning. In the collection I wanted to reimagine Finnish, Russian and Lappish traditional costumes and bring them to the now with a sporty twist. Hurme was my first clothing collection and was presented in Nuova Accademia delle Belle Arti di Milano’s BA 2014 fashion show. Photos by: Veera Konsti Clothes: Sarianna Niskala Models: Elina and Iida Nissinen
Human body Textile collection 2013 “Human body” is a clothing textile collection consisting of 20 pieces. The collection is inspired by human beings. The pieces demonstrate what our insides look like dressed up as our outsides. In the collection I wanted to experiment with material, form and texture, while keeping the textiles suitable to be used in fashion design. Eight fabrics of the collection led to collaborations with fashion designers and two of them were featured in a fashion collection done by Carolina Forrs, Havina Jäntti and Emma Saarnio in the Aalto University Fashion Show 2013.
wool and fishing line
mohair knit
turbo print
woven by hand
Greenland-project Textile collection 2012 Clothing 2014 In the project I wanted to study how same prints can be used both as interior and clothing textiles. The project was inspired by global warming, Greenland’s nature’s harsh, arctic beauty and it’s culture’s colourful traditions. Photos by: Teemu Silvan Styling and clothes: Sarianna Niskala Model: Helmi Saarekas
Bon appétit! 2012
“Bon Appétit” is a tablecloth designed to make setting the table fun and easy. The piece was inspired by good manners, setting etiquette and Finnish crayfish parties. I wanted to create an elegant and clever crayfish party tablecloth and a design I could one day sell to a Finnish interior design company.
leaf Sarianna Niskala 2013
watercolour wave Sarianna Niskala 2014 Bernasconi tessuti
Havu Sarianna Niskala 2014 Bernasconi tessuti
Siivet 6 Sarianna Niskala 2014 Bernasconi tessuti
Farfalla Sarianna Niskala 2014 FEATR
kaarna Sarianna Niskala 2013
Kaunosieni Sarianna Niskala 2015 Lodetex Srl
My works are done with: material,colour & surface knowledge digi print print by hand weaving industrial jacquard knits embroidery print design pattern design sewing Adobe Creative Suite
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