Portfolio By Sushmitha
About Hii, I’m a student at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, chennai, India. I’m doing my graduation in textile design & I’m interested in print design, surface embellishment,weaving . I have an huge love for traditional textiles and i am always curious to know about how industry and craft sector works . Everyday i love to learn and explore new things. Interests Education Digital illustration Gardening - BACHELOR DEGREE (2018 -2022) . Cooking National institute of fashion technology, chennai Experience - HIGH SCHOOL (2016 -2018) Sri lathangi vidhya mandir, hr sec school, pollachi. - CRAFT DOCUMENTATION Documented the craft of Creative skills kalakshetra’s traditional saree weaving - LIVA CLASSROOM PROJECT Print making Developed print collection for Weaving bed linens based on given brief Embroidery -PARTICIPATED IN DRAPING & Tie & dye STYLING CONTEST BY FLOCHENNAI Shortlisted as top 25 out of 125 participants Softwares skills -WORKED WITH TAANI STUDIO Created a stripe and check collection for thier upcoming product line. Hello im Adobe photoshop Internship Sushmitha Adobe Indesign Intern at HOME ZONE (Karur) for 8 weeks Adobe illustrator as print designer . Adobe draw Weave point Contact Arahne Languages known Contact: 9787136736 Mail : [email protected] Tamil, English
Content Print design Surface design Woven design Illustration SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Print design Half moon tapa cloth Geometrical Texture Stripes & checks SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
1. Half moon collection Half moon print collection is inspired from the WGSN trend study of homespun(garden &outdoor)(decorative folk prints). I have developed texture , motifs , and composition based on the study and also created seamless print repeat and applied it on the textiles. Mood Board SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Texture Explorations I created visual texture using brush strokes , and impressions from object like pencap , cotton , paper , plastic covers , fingers , sticks , bottle caps , buds , and cardboards . The medium used for it is poster colour . And the tactile textures are created using grains , coconut , coir , paper , cardboard , sand and newspaper . SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Motif Explorations I created Motifs using the semi circle shape . I created different layouts , variations of semicircles using dots , line and shape . The medium used for it is black drawing ink . SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Print 1 Print 2 Print 3 Print 4 SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
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2. Tapa cloth collection Bark cloth, or tapa, is a non-woven material, produced from sheets of the trees . It is removed, cleaned and beaten inner bark (bast) of specific trees , that has been softened through a process of soaking and beating.This print collection is inspired from the tapa cloth and its motif,colours and design. Mood Board SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Motif & layout Explorations I used Motifs derived from the original tapa cloth . I created different layouts , variations of motifs using lines and shape . Motif layout SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Print 1 Print 2 Print 3 Print 4 SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
3. Geometrical collection This print collection is inspired from the basic shapes. The shapes are arranged in different layouts and repeated to create a seamless print. Mood Board SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
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Print 3 SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Print 4 SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
4. Texture collection The aim of the project is to create an intersting background for a textile. I explored and developed textures using different mediums and materials based on the selected colour pallette from HEIM textiles and developed it as a seamless print repeat and applied it is a background for textile. Heim textiles SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Texture Explorations I created many visual and tactile textures using different mediums and materials with a size of 4 by 4 inches. SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Seamless texture repeat Seamless texture repeat The above textures are made into seamless print repeat by reducing to four colours. motif background fill Foreground fill Unit SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Colourway 1 Colourway 2 Colourway 3 Colourway 4 SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Print SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
5. Stripes & checks Glimmer Limelight A collection of stripes & checks are created Enlighten based on the theme board. There are differ- Gleam ent kinds of stripes & checks like positive, negative, regular, irregular and gradation. SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO Heed Illuminate
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Surface design Embroidery Tie & dye Patch work Fabric manupulation Kathakali Payanam SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
1. Embroidery Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. Em- broidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. Embroidery is available with a wide variety of thread or yarn colour. The basic stitches are running,back,satin,chain,fish- bone,blanket,frenchknot stitches. SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
2. Tie & dye Tie and dye is an ancient resist dyeing technique. The pro- cess of tie and dye typically consists of folding, twisting, crumpling or pleating a fabric and then dying it, that pro- duces different textures through dyes. Thefabrics are tied through threads or rubber bands; and these manipula- tions prior to the application of dyeing, are called resists. These resists partially or completely prevent the dye from coloring the fabric. SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Head scarf SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
3. Patch work The theme of patch work is inspired from sea- shore, where the land meets water.As patch work is all about joining two pieces of fabrics , and bringing a flow in the textile.So i thought of rec- reating the seashore as patch work beacuse the seashore is a natural patch work initsef..The sea- shore has different layers of water , its gradation , sand , sea spray , texture and the waves .These different layers can be interpreted in fabrics and combined together.The shapes and layout of the patch work will be taken from the elements of seashore like lines ,layer ,waves ,seasprays ,water and sand texture ,swirls. Mood Board SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Patch work 1 Patch work 2 SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
4. Fabric manupulation The aim of the project is to bring the texture of the tree bark on to the fabric by manupulating it . I used the trees in my college campus as an inspiration and tried to manupulate it in the fabric by using different techniques. The techniques used to bring the textures are tucking , pleating , slashing, shirring ,cording , stuffing and reverse applique. Both 2D and 3D structure are made using these techniques. The fabrics are selected according to the colour of the tree barks. SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Fabric manupulation - Texture of tree bark Random tucks Shirring Panel tucks Cording Cut & slash Applique Burnout Knife pleats + stuffing SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Pleated cushion SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
5. Kathakali To Develop a creative collection of placemats and coasters by using the natural and handmade techniques like fabric & yarn weaving, braiding, stitching etc, in the utilization of old textiles and yarns. SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Explorations Placemat Coaster SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
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6. Payanam The theme of the project revolves around maps , route , and paths . As the clients are well travelled people , the inspiration will be more connected to thier memories and moments . The aim is to create abstract design of maps using the textile surface tech- niques.The shapes is inspired from the abstract state borders . SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Explorations SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
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Technique : Tucks + frenchknot Technique : Back stitch Technique : Layers + seedstitch Technique : Applique + blanketstitch Technique : Couching Technique : Couching SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
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Weave design Basic weave design Advanced weave design Creative weave Tapestry & Triaxial weave Jacquard collection Repeat iridescence SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
1. Basic weave design Plain weave Basket weave Twill weave Satin & Sateen weave Double cloth & pickandpick weave Mockleno ,Honeycomb,Huckabac SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
2. Advanced weave design Interchanged double cloth stripes Interchanged double cloth checks Stitched wadded double cloth wadded double cloth stripes Stuffed double cloth checks Extra warp design SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
3. Creative weaving I took inspiration from the texture of a sea coral called “Granular razor coral”. The texture has to be recreated using conventional and unconventional material by weaving . Granular razor coral SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Swatch 1 Swatch 2 Swatch 3 Swatch 4 SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
Tapestry Triaxial weave Tapestry SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
4. Jacquard collection To create a collection of jacquard fabrics for the brand Lelievre paris , according to the brand study and Heimtextile’s Deep Nature 22/23 forecast.Both the forecast and brand deals with the theme reconnecting with natural world.This collection is inspired from himalyas and its mountain ranges . To take inspiration from the mountains and develop five designs where one is the main design and remaining are co-ordinates of that design. SUSHMITHA N | TEXTILE DESIGN | PORTFOLIO
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