Fakeha Naeem Textile Designer

This post entry is a continuation of the floral acrylic connecting art paintings that I had written about earlier on in my blog. This two piece connecting art canvas has large flowers which I have converted in to a mirrored repeat pattern and then mapped it on to home furnishing and home goods products. I have also done two color ways of the same design, mapped on to products with the same background color(off white) to avoid too much color distraction and appreciate the design in its full capacity. This is what I have come up with. Initial design converted from acrylic on canvas series       I decided to create a baroque look to this design, it gave me a Victorian feeling once I was done with  color combinations for this particular design pattern. I chose to go with a continuous design pattern. This is what income up with.           The design seemed to me, perfect for wall paper but I decided to go for a not so obvious approach and decided to try an

  This is a continuation to the connecting floral art post that I had written earlier on, the first design was the flowers in blue entwined and how I drew the entire print design from canvas on photoshop, in to a repeat pattern, then treated the design to create two versions and finally mapped it on to two vastly different products available in the market for consumers.  The reason for this particular post is to be able to give a visual to those who want to understand the  many faces and possibilities of a simple design and what can emerge through it, also how and design which started as a simple drawing of pen and ink is rendered and treated for different products respectively. As a designer one needs to understand how a design needs to be worked out for different products. I have mapped the same print with variation and color ways on to two very extreme products. Following are the images, from the beginning to the eventual mappings.                                    

The acrylic and pen designs are my favorite passing time,a hobby, a way to relax my mind while I think about what to work on my next collection of  print designs or jewelry pieces.Its my method of venting out so to speak.  Most of my designs usually are floral with spirals, over the years that kind designs and prints have become my "signature" something that comes easily to me without even thinking about how and where I would place a certain motif while starting the print on any surface or working on photoshop. I assume that each designer would have a preference of certain kind of motifs and designs that becomes their strength or their "niche", a preference, a signature of theirs which defines them as a particular kind of print designer they are, which could range from children's patterns, lines, stripes, foliage, shapes, seasonal etc. to be honest an artist is an interesting enigma of its own. Here is some of my floral connecting art on canvas. My favorite dood

Long gone are the days when carry on bags were simply a bag of smaller size to pack basic necessary items to facilitate quick/business etc traveling, now a days carry ins have become more then a necessity for a hassle free traveling, the type of luggage and carry ins no longer are restricted to solid basic colors with only hard covers, now a days they are coming in various standard sizes, colors, prints, shapes and fabric constructed. The reason being that it has become more of a fashion statement too, because the type of color, print and size one chooses determines their personality in one way or the other. Personal choice precedes just picking out any you see instantly in a mall etc. Now, people take their time to buy what suits one's taste and over the years many companies have invested to provide consumers what they prefer. In this post I mapped one of my Damask designs with two color ways on to the carry on luggage with various sizes. This is what I came up with. Have a loo

The images created  within a kaleidoscope have a mesmerizing effect on the person looking within. The designs are unusual, creating mirror images of objects and playing with ones imagination. In this post I will be adding a design inspired by kaleidoscope patterns in a straight repeat. I minimized the colors to three and kept all the color ways in a monotone and complementary colors and avoided high contrasts so that one can easily appreciate the complexity of the design pattern without getting distracted by the high color contrasts. I further mapped the designs on flat bed mapping to give an illustrated idea of how the design might look if converted for bed linen.  

Usually when we create a design, as designers we are usually expected to create each designs several color ways to give options to consumers. Sometimes a design may end up looking much more in depth in a color ways then the initial color design created, we call it the "Main Design"  In this post I will be adding the same geometric design that I had mapped on products in my last post with color ways and mappings on a dress to give a visual.  

In my last post I had mentioned that any design needs to be tapered to a specific surface to be printed upon. In order to get a visual understanding of how the design might end up looking we create mappings to get a visual before the actual product at hand. In this post I will try to explain my point by using a geometric design and how we change the design's size and dimensions according to each surface that we map it on. I tried to keep the mapped surfaces as different as possible to be able to illustrate my point. I chose a Sofa, Bed flat mapped and a long dress on a mannequin to map this geometric design on. This is how it came out to be. You can see how the design in the dress is smaller in size compared to the ones mapped for upholstery. It could be reversed depending on the taste but generally designs on apparel tend to be smaller.  

Often on it becomes difficult for consumers to visualize how a design may end up looking on a product, not because of the lack of imagination ,but simply because each design needs to be "tapered" to a particular product that needs to be printed on. Such as, how big should a print or design look on a certain product? like say a mug, bedding or curtains etc. How many times should each motif or pattern would be repeated on a desired surface of the product? that and so many other questions a designer is usually deciding while mapping and trying to make appropriate changes as required. In my last post I had talked about some Damask designs and their layering. I will be using these very designs to illustrate my point regarding designs mapped and the complete look it gives one to understand the beauty and many possibilities of a design. Mapping helps one to get a perspective a " feel" to any design. Some may end up looking unappealing on one surface and look absolutely

Damasks or floral motifs are usually placed either on a plain background or are so intricately made that the background sometimes seems to get "dissolved" so to speak in the entire print. I have rarely seen arabesque  or floral banquet designs with geometric designs patterns running in the background or layer on layer of the same print motifs, perhaps it is avoided because one wants to see the intricacies in its full glory or perhaps the concept "less is more" is readily followed while creating a design. This subject obviously piqued my interest and I took on to my self  to merge and create designs with bus backgrounds to make the design seem to have more depth with an interesting background to floral prints. Here are two designs depicting such an idea.