THE FINAL EXHIBITION

AFTER weeks of hard work , we had compiled more than 10  paintings along with a garment, an object and a magazine cover.
on the last day we had an open hall exhibition with all the work we had done .

THE EXPERIENCE
I had the best time of my life and had a lot to learn from my immensely talented instructors Paul and Karen.
I worked on my existing skills and learned many new styles. the knowledge I gained in the past week is worthless and I will cherish this forever :).

TRIP TO STAURT DAVIS EXHIBITION

our final field trip was to the STUART DAVIS exhibition at the Whitney museum.
the exhibition was a wide range or graphic paintings done by stuart davis throughout his lifetime and many of his rough drafts of his final depictions.

since we were gathering ideas for our last project(ie. the magazine cover), it gave us many ideas on how we can graphically represent our thoughts.

 

Axonometric drawing

in the last week of our summer program, we learned about axonometric drawings.
Axonometric drawings is a type of parallel projection used for creating a pictorial drawing of an object.
it was beneficial as this was the time we were working for our object project and gave us a better opportunity to enhance our designing skills and its technicalities.

 

OBJECT DESIGN

PROJECT : object design
AIM: to create an object influenced by the first week garment challenge.

IDEA:
as the garment created in the first week was influenced by tea, the object also has a similar effect.
the object i decided to create was a necklace that would bring out the essence of tea and its origin.

the main idea was to  bring a north eastern India influence with the style of the necklace and use the tea as an ornament.

THIS WEEKS PROGRESS:
the process began with bending wires into the following shape.

this shape is very particular to a peacock widely

 found in East India during the monsoon season

this leaf like shape provides a very authentic effect to the

 jewellery.

 the wire shape is then placed on a tea  stained soft -unryu sheet and coated with tea to maintain a connection between the garment and the object.

CAMOUFLAGE

with an apt knowledge of negative space we moved towards understanding the concept  of colour.

one of our second week projects included the camouflage painting 

This painting enhanced our sense of colour understanding.

we produced most of the colours by mixing two or more colours in considerable ratios to get the desired effect.

the camouflage painting.

PROJECT RUNWAY

today, we had the first ever runway show. 

A completely out of the blue yet an amazing

 opportunity to test the overall flair and stance of 

the dresses we created . it gave us a glimpse of 

all the hustle and rush that takes place in the

 fashion industry for putting up each fashion show.

it made us pay more attention to details that we

 would have otherwise neglected when the garment

was on the form.

                                                                                                                             

 

CONTRAST : black and white

During our first week at Parsons,  we explored contrast through-

1.NEGATIVE SPACE PAINTING: 

Negative space, in art, is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space occasionally is used to artistic effect as the "real" subject of an image.

NEGATIVE SPACE PAINTING

 this style provided a better understanding of form (subject) and its surrounding. it also gave a glimpse into the creation of an abstract painting from a former detailed drawing.

2. TESSELLATION PATTERN:

what is tessellation?

-an arrangement of shapes closely fitted together, especially of polygons in a repeated pattern without gaps or overlapping.

learning how to tessellate simple patterns to produce innovative designs was one of the highlights. it gave us a chance to test our aesthetic ability to identify which among the numerous patterns created would look the best.

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MY TESSELLATION PATTERN

PROJECT 1: THE GARMENT CHALLENGE

                     AIM: to make garments from unconventional material.

The challenge was to make a garment out of unconventional materials.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY UNCONVENTIONAL?

:not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed.

 

 

THE IDEA BEHIND THE GARMENT

The garment designed was vastly inspired

from the MET and most importantly from my home- India and

the wonderful tea plantations in Darjeeling.

the garment has an asymmetrical shape and the pleating

 of the tea bags to form petals , were inspired from exhibits at MET.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE FINAL GARMENT 

 

 

THE FINAL GARMENT

 

THE PLEATED TEA BAGS ALIGNED WITH ITS DUAL TONE

TO GIVE THE ILLUSION OF STRIPES.

 

 

 

   

 

 





Exploring Haute Couture

THE MET EXHIBITION

MANUS X MACHINA

With more than 170 ensembles, the exhibition addresses the founding of haute couture. The MET exhibition showcases the blend between the machine work and the handmade. it provides inspiration through vivid examples of garments with unconventional materials.

 GREEK AND ROMAN WING, AND ARMS AND ARMOR

These wings were a steady progression from authentic

anatomy to an external armor silhouette.

A quick sketch in these wings gave an idea of the human anatomy

and its features, from detailed to abstract.

 

 

 FAVOURITE  EXHIBITS

the following exhibits showcased a fine blend between

machine made and hand made. some of these designs use unconventional materials

which helps understand the concept and innovation of fashion beyond the regular.