Upcycled
Products
Timeline : 2020-2022
Scope of Work : Personal and Client projects
Products and garments made from salvaged items like old clothing, backpacks, home textiles, damaged upholstery, etc. These are made following a intuitive process of making, with the goal of using minimal new material.
Medium: Garment and product design, construction
Material : cotton, viscose, silk, discarded waste
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Pallav of Saree
Original saree
Border of Saree
Body of Saree
01. PATOLA JACKET
Made out of a client's mother's old viscose-silk saree, this jacket silhouette was inspired by a biker jacket. The pallav, body and borders were used in panels based on their color and density of pattern. The patterns were cut and quilted, a mandarin collar was added, along with a concealed placket. Lining was added by a local tailor.
Making of Jacket
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02. RAZAAI
SHIRT-JACKET
Made out of my grandmother's old bedsheet, this jacket is made by following the lines and checks along the bedsheet as quilt lines. The cotton and upcyled foam creates a warm, comforting feeling. This is done to emulate the feeling of the bedsheet's comforting familiarity. Panels of the bedsheet are tie-dyed and added.
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03. CHINDI
SHOES
Made out of an amalgamation of salvaged textiles and objects, cut, quilted, embroidered and upcycled to convert them into something textural, conceptual yet wearable.
T-shirt made into shoe uppers
Upper is cut and shaped
Overdyed in red
Upper is quilted and embroidered with e-waste
Old backpack is cut and top-stitched to make straps
Uppers with details are assembled
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Tops of old socks are attatched over the upper.
Discarded shoe soles are spray-painted black and attatched with help from a cobbler.
Upcycled woven tape is added throughout.
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Original bedsheet
