What makes you, you?
The many layers draped onto you by society, layers of family, education, religion, politics, and modesty surround you, and define who you are. You drape yourself with layers of desires, expressions and material identities. These layers are in constant flux, merging and evolving over time. What happens when one of these layers is peeled off? Should we question what these layers are made of? Only then can we find out what we are made of, as these layers draped around us, make us.
Taking the sketches forward, we tried to emulate our concept into tangible samples, using textile materials and techniques.
Each sample carries with it, a sense of layered identity, an abstraction of the initial concept.
Some of the techniques used include embroidery, layering, freehand stitching, patchwork, fraying, and combining various fabrics. The colours have also been chosen based on the initial colour palette and concept.
A series of self portraits to depict the layers around us.
The fabric draped around is symbolic for all the things around us, and make us. When striped of those layers only the truest form is revealed.
The movement of the fabric depicts the changing priorities and identities that come together and unravel throughout our lives.
As a representation of our concept, we wanted to create something more tangible and permanent. Working with space was something we wanted to experiment with. For the final output, Adobe Dimension was used to create a 3D rendered mockup of an installation.
Collaboration with Gauri Karanjkar
Photography: Rumi Varma, Gauri Karanjkar
Photography: Rumi Varma, Gauri Karanjkar
