Fakeha Naeem Textile Designer

This small wall hanging comprises of color co-ordinations related to depression and stress. Rays of hope and excitement that one feels in lapses for various reasons  in each individual's life is denoted with colored textured yarns and the various shades of grey yarns depict the sadness that revolves around them. This is a succession of pieces that I worked on this is the in between phase towards final recovery.

Shibori a traditional Japanese tie and dye techniques is seen on various products ranging from fabric, to accessories such as bags, stoles etc. The art of dying in not only limited to fabric but is also widely used by weavers all around the world to create amazing design patterns on the yarns before they are woven in to a fabric. The options are limitless and also the color combinations, dye merging in to another color creating interesting overlapping of colors. Here is an example of a MX dyed wall hanging I made using pure cotton yarn in white and then dyed them in various shades of pink.

Connective art once tapped in to allows an artist to expand their imagination as well as their composition to a new level. The eye movement within a design can be created in so many ways, the eye leaps from one canvas to another creating  their own connection to view the work and then another impact created within the design by using bold colors and big designs. I used a similar ideology when creating a floral print design on canvas.