The past two weeks were probably the most fun and more-than-ever-learning courses possible. The course called Quilting Bollywood, was part of an Open Elective at NID. The whole thing is about choosing a course that you want to do from any other discipline in the Institute.
The theme for this year was Sustainable Futures and from almost a million-and-one-awesome courses I chose Quilting Bollywood, where my main aim was to learn how to stitch! The course was wonderful, where we had to use waste material and old cloth to create a quilt based on a cult Bollywood movie.
LOkesh Ghai, an eminent designer was our faculty for the course and we had a lot of fun doing it. We watched two movies, chose one of them, made an installation based on one of these films and then moved on to the quilt. We worked in pairs, with artisans who specialise in quilt making. My partner, Aarti, a beautiful and energetic 20 year old, was always ready to discuss and to do what I decided. She taught me a lot of things, about stitching, material, cloth and small things about life too.
My quilt (also called Godhdi in Gujarati) was based on the film, Teesri Manzil, and is made in layers, using the characters in the movie. The first is an integration of 3 and a question mark. The next is a layer of black for suspense, then a layer for Helen, in gold and shimmer (this also has the word ROCKY- Shammi Kapoor's character, in sequins, from the sets of a song) then asha parekh-bold and bright colours . Finally, red and white pattern of the border, from the stone that gives away the actual murderer of the movie. The back of the has a silhouette of a body embroidered, which is how the movie starts. Everything is made from waste and is all handstitched.
The theme for this year was Sustainable Futures and from almost a million-and-one-awesome courses I chose Quilting Bollywood, where my main aim was to learn how to stitch! The course was wonderful, where we had to use waste material and old cloth to create a quilt based on a cult Bollywood movie.
LOkesh Ghai, an eminent designer was our faculty for the course and we had a lot of fun doing it. We watched two movies, chose one of them, made an installation based on one of these films and then moved on to the quilt. We worked in pairs, with artisans who specialise in quilt making. My partner, Aarti, a beautiful and energetic 20 year old, was always ready to discuss and to do what I decided. She taught me a lot of things, about stitching, material, cloth and small things about life too.
My quilt (also called Godhdi in Gujarati) was based on the film, Teesri Manzil, and is made in layers, using the characters in the movie. The first is an integration of 3 and a question mark. The next is a layer of black for suspense, then a layer for Helen, in gold and shimmer (this also has the word ROCKY- Shammi Kapoor's character, in sequins, from the sets of a song) then asha parekh-bold and bright colours . Finally, red and white pattern of the border, from the stone that gives away the actual murderer of the movie. The back of the has a silhouette of a body embroidered, which is how the movie starts. Everything is made from waste and is all handstitched.
The course ended with a super awesome Bollywood themed display of all ten quilts. We made posters and write ups for our quilts too.
This was probably the coolest thing I have done here at NID, a tangible product entirely hand done. It was tiring, difficult and challenging, but a lot of fun and learning.
PS: I learnt how to stitch, finally.
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| Sourcing of material |
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| Working on the front |
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| Working on the back |
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| The front |
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| With Aarti, full Bollywood style |
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| Back of the Godhdi |
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| The Godhdi-zoomed in |
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| With Aarti at the display |
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| With Pree, at the display |
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| Poster |
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| Write Up |
Colour for this Chappal: BOLLYWOOD!!
Hey! I love this! Now you know what I'm gonna ask for :D
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