ARTSTHREAD Highlights A Unique Interior Décor Project Featuring Hand Illustration Drawing Its Inspiration From Indian Architecture And Heritage
This week ARTSTHREAD highlight the project Moksha by Sreeraghavi Mani, Textiles Design MFA alumna 2021 from Parsons New School of Design.
Moksha emerges from the ideas of self love, love for community, the significance of Mandala art, Indian temple architecture and art.
Mandalas are therapeutic in nature, and symbolize our connections with the world and ourselves. This project is an embodiment of finding simplicity and serenity amidst the complicated world that we live in.
The human experience is the driving force behind every element of space - design of physical space to the qualities of interaction, expectation and intention.
The infinite repetition of the simplest dots; lines; shapes; forms; patterns; folds - bring out the intricacy and layering of the art-pieces, giving them more dimension than what the eye sees.
There is a deliberate integration of oxymoron in my work, that is driven by order, conscientious planning, intricacy and symmetry - finally combined with layers; both intuitive and literal.
Craftsmanship has been preserved in the form of artisan collaborations in India, showcasing the ancestral hand embroidery skills passed on through generations.
Moksha is ultimately a culmination of self discovery, relationship with community, integrating the traditional and modern, and blurring the lines of contradiction.
'A discovery of self and an unraveling of my spiritual being using print and origami - two forms of extreme repetition, practice, meditation and serenity. All the prints are hand illustrated initially, inspired from Indian architecture, culture and heritage; and mandala art. Subsequently all the printed fabrics are handfolded using kinetic origami techniques.'
Conjunction of the contradictory along each step; I integrate oxymorons in my work, drawing inspiration from Indian culture, heritage and architecture.
Every great design starts with a point, one dot, infinitely multiplying to create patterns, textures and structures. I am a textile designer and researcher, primarily working with patterns and fabric sculpting by means of origami techniques.
I specialize in parametric fabric forms – that can be expanded and compressed, working toward innovative space optimization methods, with a traditional aesthetic.
I am driven by order, conscientious planning, intricacy and symmetry in my work that is combined with layers, both intuitive and literal.
A discovery of self and an unraveling of my spiritual being using print design and origami - two forms of extreme repetition, practice, meditation and serenity.
All the prints are hand illustrated initially, inspired from Indian architecture, culture and heritage; and mandala art.
Subsequently all the printed fabrics are hand folded using kinetic origami techniques.
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