FLOWING RHYTHM

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FLOWING RHYTHM - THE ASPECT OF SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability has been very carefully considered in this collection. It has played a major role in redefining my design practice and methodology. The collection is made out of discarded and dead stock denim fabrics gathered from the streets of India where the denim weavers throw away a major part of their fabrics due to minute defects that often go unnoticed. Since the discarded denim was often in bits and pieces, it was difficult to cut out a complete pattern from a single piece of fabric. This changed my approach towards the entire design process. I would arrange multiple pieces of discarded denim to fit the area the of pattern after considering shrinkage and fraying. These pieces were then subjected to intensive boiling, heavy washing, harsh sun drying and bleaching using natural bleaching agents such as citric acid, vinegar, borax and hydrogen peroxide which have been scientifically proven to be natural/green and harmless towards nature. The prepared base denim is then used to create textile surfaces incorporating the principles of rhythm and repetition. The resulting textile pieces obtained are then finally shaped according to the pattern piece. This procedure ensures minimum wastage and maximum utilization.

About Me

Born in India and based in Melbourne, Srinvanti Roymoulik's research-driven project is based on the principles of art therapy. ’Use of Textiles in Art Therapy’ explores rhythm and repetition, and how these concepts can manifest in textiles and garment making and are formed through a process that creates garments which generate rhythmic responses in our body. The project highlights the importance of rhythm and repetition in therapy, exhibiting the concept of ‘flow’ in a garment. It is an attempt to analyse and explore the research which states that optimal creative experiences are more likely to occur when a task is repeated certain number of times with extreme focus and attention, to a point that this becomes a rhythmic reflective response. This very state of ‘flow’ is therapeutic (Collier, Wayment & Birkett 2016). In future, she wants to study the use of textiles for therapeutic purposes in a much deeper sense in order to understand the contribution and the significance of textiles and textile making procedures to heal people.

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melbourne / Australia
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FLOWING RHYTHM