Monika Bairwa is a textile designer who graduated with a B.A. in Textile Weaving from Banasthali University and received a postgraduate diploma in Textile Design from the National Institute of Design. She has skills in weaving, print design, garment design, and computer programs like Adobe Creative Suite. Some of her projects and experiences include designing floorscapes, craft documentation, and industrial training at various textile companies. Her work involves exploring woven structures, printing techniques, shaping fabrics, and creating collections of stoles, rugs, and lampshades.

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

2. MONIKA BAIRWA | TEXTILE DESIGN
EDUCATION :
-Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Textile Design from National Institute of
Design, Ahmedabad.(2010 batch).
-Graduated in B.A (HONOURS) in Textile Weaving from Banasthali University,
Niwai, Jaipur.
PROJECTS :
-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.
SKILLS:
-Weaving
-Print Design
-Surface development
-Garment design
-Embroidaries, chrochet, Knitting
-Proficient in Adobe creative suite, CAD
EXPERIENCE: -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.

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 count yarns.
Different Quilting structures with different count yarns.

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

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

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

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

11. HAND WOVEN MUFFLERS

12. SCREEN PRINTING:
Study of natural forms and abstracting it to achive motif for a pattern.

13. DYEING TECHNIQUES:
Arashi, Bandhani & Clamp Dyeing

14. DECONSTRUCTION AND
RECONSTRUCTION:
Deconstructing an old denim (jeans)
and then reconstructed a pair of shoes
and a garment.

15. Constructed a garment using 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

19. Saree having all over jaal and bel at
borders with butas in pallu.

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

21. Colors for the print are extracted from the painting

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

23. Heat setting is done on different types of fabrics which are made by man made fibres.

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

25. These photographs are clicked for capturing light & shadow, rythem, 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
Arvind Ltd.
Artworks displayed at Premier Vision, Denim, May 2012, Paris

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 up there in NID canteen

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

34. Water absorbing and relaxing mat.

35. 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.

36. ADVANCE PRINT AND SURFACE DESIGN
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.

37. Explorations for final print

38. 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

39. Collection of screen printed and hand painted stoles

40. Taking a natural forms of spider lily to develope prints

41. Final prints

42. Application of final print by devore technique on lamp shade

43. Display of final collection of stoles and lamp shade at NID

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