color of life

We are the keepers of the future of the hallowed museum of memories past and future

The walls speak volumes of mistakes made and promises forgotten

Learn from the education of our elders and the innocence of our children

Our time is sketched on the canvas of life bleeding the colors of wonder

It is the embrace we all fear; the leap into the abyss of possibility that will cultivate in the greatness of fortune and eternalize the meaning we all search desperately for

The answer to the one question that hides within us is resting, waiting for the great awakening.....

the print concept for digital printing

Medium: Corel Draw & Adobe Photoshop

rAw mango: sAnjay gArg

Sanjay Garg founded Raw Mango in 2008. He grew up absorbing colors of traditional textiles in a festival-rich village in Rajasthan. He studied textile design at NIFT Delhi. Sanjay works out of Delhi but spends a lot of time with his craftsmen. He believes in respecting their skills and experience rather than forcing them into new techniques thus helping to get the finest results.

Raw mango is a contemporary Indian hand-woven textile crafted using traditional techniques. Presently we sell saris, fabrics and stoles. These products reflect the skill sets of more than 150 craftsmen employed by raw mango.

Raw mango was born out of a thought to re-look fashion and design without any preset notions. We do not believe our designs need to be kitschy to be Indian. Our colors and designs find its roots in Indian philosophy and traditions. Raw mango is not just about the designs but also about a larger program that has managed to uplift an entire community by creating a new value for an existing and ignored product. Handloom saris, though worn by a large number in India, remains an area perceived to have little scope for new explorations; We have adapted traditional designs to make them simple, sophisticated and distinctly contemporary, thereby creating a fresh new aesthetic that is both indigenous and modern. We sell through various exhibitions and at high-end stores in different parts of India. Our growth in the last two years as a testimony of the their patronage and the potential of the niche category of contemporary hand-woven textiles.

 

Sanjay Garg

ornamentAl sorrow

"Beauty is inside you
Beauty can seem ugly but it's not
Beauty is away of life

Beauty is Sorrow of life
Beauty can be anything
Beauty is me, you, life

The ornamental inspiration that can be used as digital as well as screen on any textile surface. 

Medium: Corel Draw & Photoshop

dominAnce

Its always difficult to keep dominance stable.
This is the illustration to showcase this feeling.
This is something i have been doing since my childhood.

Human sketch.

Its done here for any kind of printing on textile.

Hope you like it. 

Medium: Corel Draw & Photoshop

emissioN

The digital print that can be used for apparel as well as home furnishing.

The basic structure is inspired by honeycomb emission which has been finished in the stripes form.

The concept can be very well obtained by jacquard weaving for upholstery. 

Medium : Corel Draw & Photoshop

The Peacock Tale

My latest work on Peacock Motif.

Hope you like it.

Medium: Corel Draw & Photoshop

The Royal Indian Elephant

A continuation to my obsession with Elephant come here with this post.

I am exploring these patterns which can be used in weaving & block printing, along with screen printing.

I hope you like it.

Concept A

Concept B

Concept C

Concept D

Concept E

RAHUL MISHRA

RAHUL MISHRA

Young Fashion designer pass-out from NID, has something to give back to society & is one 

who thinks about our rich Indian tradition.

in his words;

Design

"It is for the people, of the people, by the people.

I believe the best way for an Indian designer to make it big is by being Indian in his approach.

Dior is very French. Armani is truly Italian. I showcase the splendour of Indian fabric and design.

I don’t believe in over designing.

While designing, you are tempted to put on extra, and that’s when you spoil it.

The best compliment a lady wearing my clothes will get is, “you are looking beautiful”, not “your dress is looking beautiful”.

Clothes should take the personality of the wearer just like liquid takes the shape of its container, not vice versa.

For me, each garment is styled according to the flow and texturing or embroidery on the fabric.

Let the craft lead the way. Tailoring and cutting are important for me.

The last thing I want someone to say is ‘Rahul Mishra is repetitive’."

some of his creations from traditional handloom fabrics from 

Maheshwar, Chanderi & Banaras.

Reference: 

The Taj Magazine Vol 37.No 2

jali'S: II

A traditional Indian Jaal contemprised to use in any kind of textile.

concept A

concept B

concept C

Medium: Corel Draw, Photoshop

Women of Color

Women of Color 

Women of color are superficial

Women of color are women of wonder

Women of color are those who contains the artificial heart

Women of color are our mothers

Women of color are special

Women of color don't need to speak of themselves

It is others that speak of them

Women of color have supernatural eyes

I think about them day and night

Laugh at them they'll laugh as well cause

You’re laughing at yourself

Above the mountains their guts can surpass

Across the ocean and time their stories stays

If you see one smile then you will see true happiness