Purani Jeans
Design Intervention: opportunities to reduce the environmental impact
2020
Fast Fashion also changes an important tenet of Eastern culture. Consumerism has replaced an essentially Eastern household practice: the hand-me-down tradition which succeeded in reclaiming clothes in its own way. A pair of jeans was not disposable but long lasting; it was a collectively owned item carried down from brother to brother, sister to sister.
To counter these rising concerns regarding sustainability of wearable textiles, design intervention and value addition can pose as solutions. As teachers and students in the creative field whose everyday setting is the classroom, it is now imperative that we integrate both practices in order to begin the discourse about the world outside our windows. This project is an ongoing attempt to not only address the problems of sustainability through creative pedagogy but also to bring forth modern teaching/learning approaches. As a small scale project, the primary aim of “Purani Jeans” (old jeans) is to introduce new ways of thinking and doing for existing and future designers.
Botanic Mural - 2019
“Thus we cover the universe with drawing we have lived. These drawings need not to be exact. They need only to be totalized on the mode of our inner space.” Gaston Bachelard
Drawing is one of the major forms of expression within visual arts & design. It is generally concerned with the marking of lines and areas of tone onto paper/other material, where the subjective representation of the visual world is expressed upon a plane surface by the practitioner. Drawing is often exploratory, therefore the aim of this project was to engage students in considerable emphasis on botanic observation, problem-solving and composition making on a very large scale.
Another important component of this project was to bridge the gap between the realistic world and stylized object making. The uniqueness of the process arises from the labor intensive engagement with various mediums and materials – it is a depiction of the practitioner’s self-expression and signature style alongside the representation of what they seek to draw.
Youth for Sustainable Living - Goethe Institut
A few years ago, only summer seasons witnessed water shortage in Karachi but now, the citizens have to face water-related crisis in all seasons. This mega city requires more than 1,000 million gallons of water per day for fulfilling the water needs. According to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Karachi’s population has grown to 14.91 million. There is need to raise water capacity of the city[1]. Water is a basic necessity of life but unfortunately, people from many areas of this city don’t have access to it, and some areas are facing severe shortage of it.
The aim of this workshop will be dealing with the water situation of Karachi, No one can better relate to this concern better than The Karachites themselves. By utilizing the creative potential of youth during the span of three days’ workshop the plan is to create the awareness among the diverse group of students. Not only create an awareness but to also inspire them is such creative way that they will pass on that skill as well as word to their peers. The intention is also to educate them about the problems underprivileged population of this mega city is facing.
Earth Day, Every Day - 2017
Beaconhouse school, Part of Regional Green Dialogues, VASL Artist Association Residency.
In this project I was interested in creating a happy yet disturbing picture in a surrealistic visual at the beach site. Working with both organic and inorganic materials to dig deeper into this concern, I see the possibility to use the shore of the beach as my canvas and people as potential creative individuals who can start a dialogue for awareness about ecological concerns and our behavior towards it. Read more
Alternative Photography - 2019
Botanic Cyanotype
These botanic blueprints are made to celebrate the natural species of plants that are found in the gardens of Textile Institute of Pakistan. Environments endowed with natural beauty play a major role in inspiring the minds of design students and help boost their creativity. Keeping this idea in mind, the design students of 3rd year experienced firsthand an old alternative technique to understand the fundamental rules of photography. Read more
Shades of Green - 2017
Indigenous Responses: Artist in residency Program
Shades of Green is a project undertaken by the children of Elixir School, focused on significant ideas like diversity, community service, and social awareness. With 14th August around the corner, the project had patriotic undertones. Two colors (yellow and blue) were provided to the children, out of which they created shades of green of their own preference. The variety of shades of the national color that resulted represent and acknowledge the beautifully diverse cultures and castes that belong to Pakistan. The children painted the unique shades they created onto the building blocks that were retrieved from the rubble found outside to create a monument. Read more