This is a block print assignment (on sari) and I took inspiration from sea shells. The process was quite elaborate. I derived numerous motifs and then converted them into a well balanced design. I ended up having one all over, two borders and two buttas carved on wood. The next step was to try various layouts for the body and pallu on newsprint sheets. I bought my sari and did a colour sampling on a similar fabric. After finalising the colours and borders I had my final piece!
The all-over block
Some of the colour sampling I did
And finally had the block printer print my sari..