Artwork By Shweta Shah

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This is a mixedmedia textile a

This is a multimedia textile a

The mixed media textile artwor

This is a multimedia textile a

Name Of The Artwork: Walk in the Spice Market with Grandpa _ Cardamoms Caption Of Artwork: This is a multimedia textile artwork where an observational sketch of cardamoms has been made with inks and a dip nib pen. This has been digitally printed out on silk satin fabric and then embroidered with a vintage cornelly machine. The juxtaposition of indian spices with irish vintage embroidery techniques creates the story of my indian heritage with western contemporary textile design experience. Name Of The Artwork: Walk in the market with grandpa_Cellular Cabbage Caption Of Artwork: This is a multimedia textile artwork where a cabbage leaf was put under a microscope and photographed through that lens to create organic cellular design patterns. This photograph was then stencilled and cut out in parts to create a lace like lattice effect. The design was also incorporated into found leather scraps by laser cutting them. Same process was applied to brightly striped tribal Kutch Mushroo textiles too. This juxtaposition of elements denotes the journey of my indian heritage with western contemporary textile design techniques. Name Of The Artwork: Walk in the market with Grandpa_Chillies Caption Of Artwork: This is a multimedia textile artwork where inky drawing was done from out of a photo of chillies composed in a still life. This became a mixed media digital print on silk satin fabric. Name Of The Artwork: Walk in the market with Grandpa_Berries & Star anise Caption Of Artwork: This is a mixedmedia textile artwork where berries were crushed and other spices were mixed in the create an organic fruit painting with its flow of natural inks. This was the digitally printed on silk fabric and hand embroidered on top of the areas where the print was too muted and fuzzy in order to bring out the details of the composition. Silk yyarn baubles were also embroidered in bits to create a 3 dimensionality to the artwork. Name Of The Artwork: Walk in the market with Grandpa_Berries & Spice. Caption Of Artwork: The mixed media textile artwork here has been made by crushing various berries and spices on paper and photographing this composition first. The photo was then printed out and cut out in an organic manner and pasted onto a base paper from where it has been extended by drawing out from this photograph with marker pens, dip nib ink pens, pipets, etc. A digital print of this final artwork was made on silk. It was then further embroidered with various yarns to create depth with detailing enhanced in it through threads and beads.