Abstract
The present investigation was undertaken to simulate textiledesigns from Phad Paintings for fashion apparels in different color ways usingtextile designs software. Developed designs were printed on fashion apparelsusing screen printing. The findings of present study revealed the designs werevery innovative, creative and as per the current market need and were highlyappreciated by the judges.
Keywords: Textile design Software, Phad, Simulation, FashionApparels.
Introduction
Rajasthan has covered a niche for itself in the area ofpaintings; from this Rajasthani Phad Painting something unique and appealing inits own way. It is a visual accompaniment to a ceremony involving the singingand recitation of the deeds of folk hero-deities in Rajasthan and done byfamily of painters of Bhilwara.
Indians can proudly lay claim to have the widest possiblerange of designs inutility, decorative craft and textiles, the extent to whichthis is taken or granted by the forebears of out heritage lies in the fact thatthere is no clear indigenous transformation of the word Design itself. Todayurban designers both strictly commercial glamour and fashion oriented dabblewith hand me down western ideas and perennial Indian motifs to tickle theroving palates to rich clientele.
Computer aided textile designing (CATD) has now given viablesolution to the above problem with CATD, it is now possible to go straight froman initial idea to visual representation of fabric showing different types ofdesigns and combination of colors. CAD has lead to better quality andflexibility in design development, increasing the efficiency and shortening thetime between the design concept and actual marketing. All the basic componentsof design can be programmed in computer languages and stored in computermemory. Whenever required, the computer can be asked to plot the design withvarious color combinations.
Now, as the traditional textiles are widely used and adoptedas per the latest trends, the designers have begun to explore more and moretraditional motifs in the modern style textiles, dresses as costumes. Since thePhad painting art currently do not find much usage on textiles, except as a fewdecorative wall panels, greetings cards etc. this art needs to be popularizedin order to preserve its reminiscent beauty by adopting it on textiles. Theobjective of the present study was to simulate textile designs from Phad Paintingsfor fashion apparels in different color ways using textile designs software.
Theauthors are associated with Dept. of Textile & Apparel Designing, Collegeof Home Science MPUAT, Udaipur
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