Fakeha Naeem Textile Designer

With the wave of technology and extensive usage of various media designs can be created out of anything and from anything. Once inspirations and trends were studied and mood boards were created after careful speculations cutting and pasting and so much more. Now one can create quick inspirational charts on various device and inspirations can just be achieved by a click of a camera. Yes my recent work of design was inspired by photography my hubby and I did of trees in different states of USA. These pictures were taken in different times of the day and seasons too. I was genuinely taken aback by the beauty of the trees and the landscapes it painted and here are a few digital designs I created and their mapping on clothes.

Surface Design has always existed but perhaps limited to embellishments or treatments to clothes. However with the progress in various textiles allover the world fabric,s surface is being enhanced day in and day out with some form of treatment whether in form of a particular finish or to uplift a certain design for upholstery, bed linen , apparel or decorative textile hangings. Above are some of my initial exploration where I screen printed a design of mine and then enhanced it by adding colorful lace cords here and there in the design to bring out depth and create interest in the design itself. On the second one I followed a similar path of screen printing but used "Mukaish" (silver wire work) to create an effect. In another sample of mine I decided to create the entire design out of cords and stitches to see an independent effect of surface treatment on canvas.