OVER SIZED CLUTCH
The project dealt with decoding the trends forecasted by a trend forecasting agency, WGSN and encoding the same in a bag, for the Indian market.
Rooting to the Indian market, Surreal fairy tales ( trend sub-story) were dug out in Hindu Mythology, One being Ardhnareeswara form of Shiva,-"Shiva is viewed as the Holder of Power, though he is inert.
Shiva is Shava (dead body) without Shakthi. All that power in creation, maintenance, and dissolution rests with Shakti.
But the Great Mother does not exist without Shiva. When they become one, Ardhanareeswara becomes, a being of
generative and constructive force. Shiva is hypostasis and when this force fuses with Shakthi results in multitude of manifestations.She is substrate and He is substance. Shiva is static; Shakthi is dynamic and creative. Shiva is Being and Shakthi is Becoming. He is One; She is many; He is Infnite and She renders the Infnite into Fnite; He is formless and She renders the Formless into myriad forms; but both are one.
Shiva is Shava (dead body) without Shakthi. All that power in creation, maintenance, and dissolution rests with Shakti.
But the Great Mother does not exist without Shiva. When they become one, Ardhanareeswara becomes, a being of
generative and constructive force. Shiva is hypostasis and when this force fuses with Shakthi results in multitude of manifestations.She is substrate and He is substance. Shiva is static; Shakthi is dynamic and creative. Shiva is Being and Shakthi is Becoming. He is One; She is many; He is Infnite and She renders the Infnite into Fnite; He is formless and She renders the Formless into myriad forms; but both are one.
Conceptualization and Form development ; Exploration of the infinite, formless (Shiva) being driven into forms through Shakti.
Mock-ups and Iterations
Derived from a circle, which embodies infinity (Shiva) are myriad forms. Through eyelets manifests a bag which transforms into various shapes, held by a belt, whose ends fasten at eyelets again.
Sneak-peek into the production process
Shiva, substrate, the formless skin and Shakti, substance, fastener, embellishment, come together to manifest as Ardhnareshwar, through this exotic, over sized clutch.
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