African Art (My thesis)

                                                         

African art,Theme for my final thesis project.African culture is full of bright colors with so many traditional motifs a lot of  beads work,embroideries.I did a complete research to get a proper information about their culture and their motifs to copy those on the products.There are six interior products.

1.Curtain

This product was made on pure raw silk with digital printing. The image on the curtain was taken from my visual research.The design of the curtain was simple and unique in style,One single piece of window.Its short and long hangings on the top. are very different from other common curtain designs.A typical African leaf motif was used on these hanging by embroidery and beads work.Bright colors are used to give a complete look of African style.

                               2.Rug

The floor rug is round in shape with typical African geometric designs.Two techniques have been used to make this rug is hooking and lashing.The only material used n the rug is wool.The colors are again bright similar to the curtain.

                                                                                                         

                         
3.Wall Hanging

                                                         

This is a unique piece weaved on jute with wooden sticks of  two colors,yellow ocher and white.These colors are very common in African culture.Wooden round beads were used to in the center and woolen made tassels were hanged at the bottom.The upper section of the wall hanging   was dyed in dark brown color.The jute is hanged on the wooden stick and the stick was carried by the beads.


                       

                                                            4.Floor Lamp

 The design of the floor lamp was simple to work on.Grip silk was used.Jute was dyed in red,green and yellow ocher for the patchwork with golden leather.Two masks were made in the center of the lamp with silk painting.Embroidery was done on the edges of the patch work with beads stick on it.An interesting thing was done in the center of the lamp.Wooden sticks were wrapped with thread with some large beads on it were placed in the center to enhance its style and to look different from all other lamps.  

              

                                     
















      5.Table Mat


Table mat was designed in a square shape to give a rough look as it was required according to their culture.Jute was used again with some bead work,patch work in the center and embroidery was done on the edges of the patch work and all around the mat.

                                                   
                                                            6.Bed Set

The complete bed set includes eight pieces 1 bed spread,1 quilt cover,2 pillow covers,2 bed cushions and 2 floor cushions.A lot of experiments were done while making this set.A very unique motif was designed on these eight pieces in which embroidery was done on all the pieces with patch work of net and fur.net was used on the quilt,floor cushions and pillows for ruffles and fur was used on bed cushions,quilt,and pillows.Yellow ocher,dark brown,red,green and black were the basic colors for this bed set similar to other products.