Chennai | Indian heritage inspires this textile collection by designer Lakshmi Srinath

One of many items from the gathering
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Within the distant villages of Tamil Nadu, underneath the cover of a tree, relaxation the sapta kannika. The seven goddesses represented by seven bricks, smeared in turmeric and adorning vivid items of Chinnalapatti material, come to life within the art work displayed on the centre of Discussion board Artwork Gallery. A creation of artist and designer Lakshmi Srinath, the art work runs a thread by the divine female vitality representing Shakti.

Patterns & Motifs is a reimagination of Indian heritage by the medium of textile and jewelry. A collaboration between Discussion board Artwork Gallery and Lakshmi’s Tvam Artwork and Design Studio, the gathering displays an array of textile items that incorporate hand-dyed materials and jewelry crafted from locally-sourced materials corresponding to wooden, gem stones and metals. The exhibition takes one by the fragile carvings of the Gwalior Fort, the divine artistry of Khajuraho, the textured dance of Nature at Raneh waterfalls and the wealthy tradition of India that has been handed down generations.

One of many items from the gathering
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Artist’s take

Designer Lakshmi Srinath describes this translation of heritage and Nature on textiles as: “In something I do, there’s all the time an underlying sense of custom. It’s core to my being.” She provides, “I adapt very instinctively. Supplied it conjures up me, I discover it very straightforward to translate it onto cloth.” The gathering makes use of themes of distinction embedded of their jewelry and interprets heritage carvings by a number of expressions. Shalini Biswajit, director, Discussion board Artwork Gallery, says, “Touring is what conjures up her. I may relate to that. For me, to revisit that and see it by my standpoint, I noticed how she translated that. It’s all the time a pleasure to see artists categorical themselves,” she says.

 Together with her use of Chanderi and tissue as the bottom, Lakshmi Srinath defines the autumn of her materials as “gentle and ethereal”. By her emphasis on mirroring the wealthy historic tapestry of India, she additionally goals to deliver forth fading cultures. “We’re within the age of globalisation. The development is to embrace multi-culturalism and multi- aesthetics. On this course of, we’re shedding sight of our personal sense of identification. Don’t apologise for who we’re,” she says.

The exhibition will likely be displayed until December 7 at Discussion board Artwork Gallery, Padmanabha Nagar, Adyar.