Fakeha Naeem Textile Designer

My recent ventures have been completely different from my prior interests which I have been putting up in the form of my work via weaving and print. decided to take a dive in to metal work and work my way in to creating jewelry that interests me and allows me to continue further in to self exploration. I kept myself limited to bracelet pieces with silver wire and sterling silver silver wherever necessary. What caught me by surprise was my intense love for a semi precious stone and that too Jades! I created plain Jade bracelets to Jades in combination with two toned stones, single rowed elegant pieces to two rowed double heavy beads to cater to nay customers desire. Above are the pictures of the bracelets that I came up with. They are up for sale. Check out my face book page "The Green Parrot" for more information and design details and orders.

Weaving is like second nature for those of us who are not only fascinated with textiles but it's history. How cloth was created and the possibilities one can weave on a basic floor loom with not more than four heddles and frames. For an observers from far it may seem that the possibilities of weave is very limited but for us textile designers there is always a concept of texture and weave mixtures using various thickness of warps and wefts or keeping both thickness constant and yet create textures within. I wove some small pieces inserting twill and plain weave to create an interesting wave alleviated textured forms by just using one weft material and creating effects by changing treadling on the loom.

Just like Paisleys are a constant favorite for the people of Asia likewise Hound's Tooth seems to be a predominant motif and design which seems to pop out every season varying in colors ,sizes ,prints and weave. At least that was my observation during my time here in States. I have seen this motif in apparel, on luggages, bags accessories you name it and it's there. To my understanding it is very popular in the South of America I do not know the history behind this particular motif but it seems to be very fascinating for me and hence I compare it to the Paisleys. I created my own version of Hound's Tooth with respect to colors, repeat patterns and size. Enjoy!

Plain Weaving with imbedded pattern in it's weave is not only restrictive to just one pattern or method to go about giving a creative tapestry or wall hanging look. Nor should it be restrictive with respect to woven on loom or woven on a single tapestry frame. What makes things stir and interesting to see in a fabric woven is the wonder the observer gets while looking at your work and wondering how you could have achieved it. When questions such as how did she do that? what material did she insert in that weave? or can you do that? isn't it merging two various techniques together in to one? This wall hanging that I actually woven on a four frame loom in a plain weave with metal insertion has a tapestry wrapping technique introduced in it done by hand . The entire piece is all woolen and has some jewel metal work done on the surface of the woven fabric. I hope you enjoy my art work as much as I enjoyed weaving it.

Of the geometric shapes which are known and available to us we see circles as a top favorite and the most recurrent one used widely by print, logo , card, wallpaper, fabric and many more mediums to create something or the other. I have no idea why circles or polka dots seemed to be so regular and never replaces irrespective of trends changes. There is always one or the other form available. If small circles are out big ones come in. Hence a never ending cycle. Here are some of the simple circle designs that I created via Photoshop.

Between warping and figuring out how many threads to warp on to the warp bed my thoughts lingered on to changing my product to something experimental rather create a yardage to be finished on later when stitching. So i decided to weave BRACELETS!!! and metal inserted woven belt.I used small crystal beads with soft metal memory wire to twist and turn to my liking. It took ages but I was able ot create various surfaces with and without the use of metal wire and manage to create a textured small collection for those people who like to wear something a little different then the norm.