Design portfolio

1. Monika Bairwa
| Textile Design | National Institute of Design |
| monikabairwa2@gmail.com | +91-7878776640 |

2. MONIKA BAIRWA | TEXTILE DESIGN | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN
EDUCATION :
PROJECTS :
SKILLS:
EXPERIENCE:
-Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Textile Design from National Institute of
Design, Ahmedabad.
-Graduated in B.A (HONOURS) in Textile Weaving from Banasthali University,
Niwai, Jaipur.
-Advance Surface Design : Print collection & surface ornamentation for stoles.
-Design Project on floorscapes for recreational place (swimming pool).
-Craft Documentation on Palm Leaf products in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
-Live project with SEWA, Designing the space for their museum.
-Weaving
-Print Design
-Surface development
-Garment design
-Embroideries, chrochet, Knitting
-Proficient in Adobe creative suite, CAD
-Industrial training at Weaver’s Service Centre (Ministry of Textile), Jaipur
In Designing for a month from 18/05/09 to 17/06/09.
In Weaving for 25 days from 10/05/10 to 03/06/10.
-Industrial training at Arvind mills for 2 months.
Created prints & artworks for Premiere vision, 2012, Paris.
-Diploma project for 6 months at Ocean Exim India pvt.ltd, Jaipur from 20/11/2013
to 12/05/2014
Created Bedding collections based on prints and other textile techniques.

4. WOVEN
STRUCTURES:
These samples has been
woven using variety of weaves
(Back fabric, Multilayer,
Extra weft, Extra warp, Extra
weft & warp, Quilting) and
different yarns (count 10 - 60).

5. Woven samples for Dress
material ; saree, women kurtis,
etc.

6. Multilayer structure using different quality and count yarns.
Different Quilting structures with different count yarns.

7. HANDWOVEN RUG AND DURRIES
This rug is made by hand picking the yarns on a handloom.

8. Reference
Colour Abstraction
Terry weave
Basic Weave
TAKING REFERENCE FROM STRUNG FLOWERS TO DEVELOP
COORDINATED WOVEN STRUCTURES

9. SPACE DIVIDER
Inspiration is taken from a brick wall and its
construction. And space divider is made by
weaving a multilayer structure.

10. HANDMADE SAREE
Sample prototype of saree on handloom with
extra warp weave using cotton and silk yarn.
zoom out image of border

11. HAND WOVEN MUFFLERS
Woollen mufflers made on hand loom using
basic weaves.

12. SCREEN PRINTING
Study of natural forms and abstracting it to achive motif for making different
pattern using screen print technique.

13. DYEING TECHNIQUES
Arashi, Bandhani & Clamp Dyeing

14. DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Deconstructing an old denim (jeans) and then reconstructed a pair
of shoes using the two back pockets of jeans.

15. DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Constructed a garment by deconstructing an old denim mens wear jeans.

16. Sewing techniques
Stitching, pleating, sandwiching techniques are explored on different fabrics.

17. LAMP SHADE
Using fegoting technique

18. PRINT CONCEPT
A flower is took from nature to develop a print for saree by
abstracting the form to set a repeat consisting Bel, Buta & Jaal.
Single Buta
Single unit of Bel
Single unit of Jaal
Saree having all over jaal
and bel at borders with
butas in pallu.

19. Color extraction
A painting is taken to extract a color for print.

20. SHAPING UP FABRIC
Explored shaping different fabrics like glass nylon, organza, polyester, net in different forms.

21. Heat setting is done on different type of fabrics with synthetic fibre.

22. Advance surface design
If we look at ‘Flash Mobs’- how the entire act is carried out. They appear
from amidst the crowd, perform for sometime in a preplanned pattern
(choreographed moves) and then disperse all of a sudden into the crowed as
if nothing happened !!
The same rhythm can be reflected by means of juxta positioning a random &
synchronised pattern. play of regular and irregular in terms of color, texture
& form.
Moodboard Paper explorations

23. Different surface textures

24. photography
photograph shows the stacking of objects in a beautiful way forming a pattern.

25. These photographs are
clicked for capturing light &
shadow, rhythm, contrast.

26. industrial training
The explorations were done in the industry employing the techniques like shibori, arashi, tie dye, bleaching, indigo
dye, dip dye, hypo spray and screen prints on light weight Indigo fabrics. The art works were displayed at Premiere
Vision’ 12, Paris for the Arvind Ltd. pavilion.

27. Artworks made by using different
techniques on different denim
materials

28. Artworks made by using different techniques on different denim materials

29. Artworks displayed at Premier Vision, Denim, May 2012, Paris
Artworks displayed at
Arvind Ltd.

30. SCREENS FOR OUTDOOR CAFETERIA
Developed the screens inspired from a structure of beehive with the mix of indian and contemporary art. Materials used are net, plastic, small round
mirrors, metal chain.

31. Screens were developed
for NID canteen

32. DESIGN PROJECT
Designing floorscape for recreational place (swimming pool). Exploring different materials and techniques.

33. Exploring different materials and techniques for making floorscape.

34. Created a moisture absorbing foot mat using numbers of potli filled with polyfill as well as thermacol balls in some. Potlis
with thermacol balls helps the person to feel relaxed and potlis with polyfill inside helps in absorbing water. This mat
serves a multipurpose solution of relaxtation as well as absorbancy.

35. Taking an unusual flower i.e; fennel and abstracting it for exploring
different prints. Prints are first done on paper using different colors
and colored pens, then these prints are applied on fabric.
ADVANCE PRINT AND SURFACE DESIGN

36. Different art works are made with different medium
of colors for developing final print

37. Selected print Final modified print which is to be screen printed
on fabric
Visual application of final print on paper which is
to be screen printed and hand painted on fabric

38. Collection of screen printed and hand painted stoles

39. Taking a natural forms of spider
lily to develope prints
Print is developed for making
lamp shade.

40. Application of final print by devore
technique on lamp shade
Display of final collection of stoles and lamp shade at NID

41. DIPLOMA PROJECT
HOME FURNISHING - Bedding collections
Ocean Group is a professionally managed manufacturers and exporters
of home textiles and apparels. Headquartered in Jaipur (India) a city
synonymous for its arts and crafts, it offers a wide range of designs with
fashion-forward color and pattern.
The initial brief of this project was to conceive and develop designs for
3-4 bedding collections based on screen printing.
The products were to be designed for the season, Back To School (BTS)
2014, targeting the US Market. The brief implied a good understanding
of the future market trends in the relevant home-furnishing sector and
the prospective buyers.

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43. DORM LIFE

44. HIPPIE CULTURE

45. WORLD CUP

46. | Monika Bairwa | Textile Design | National Institute of Design |
| monikabairwa2@gmail.com | +91-7878776640 |