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“GOOD NEWS for GIFT FRESH STUDENTS”
SUMMER VACATION WORKSHOP OF GIFT FOUNDATION COURSE: Design, Craft
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Summer workshop 1st batch admission will Begin from 25th
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SUMMER VACATION WORKSHOP OF GIFT FOUNDATION COURSE IN AHMEDABAD FEE:
Rs.25000/- with learning materials and folios,
means BURDENLESS learning with Confidence.
“125 Hours in 35 to 40 days in 2 months, learning”
“Carry home after learning, learnt work of value design, worth above
Approximate 1 Lac, as learnt work folios and Art frames”
Summer workshop:
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Holidays
programme of arts and crafts
Gift summer
camps of arts and crafts
Gift pencil
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Gift pen and
ink ornamental arts and style
Gift black
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Gift stencil
air brush painting workshop
Gift fancy
fan cut painting workshops
Gift design,
arts and craft centre
Gift water
colour painting workshop
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Gift textile
resist style crafts and arts workshop
Gift Life
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days learning in 2 months” “Carry home after
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frames” In workshop learn colour transparent character surface designing, water
colour, ornamental design on paper and fabric, embossing surface and painting, stencil
and air brush painting and pencil shading under craft and art hobby as Gift
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GIFT Common
Learning Program for Fashion, Textile, Jewelry and Home Textile
Tessellation
for Textile
Basically by the virtue of God Almighty when the human mind
grows to practice symmetrical, geometric forms traced through history, like the
Carved Jaali of Mughal Art, created with a designer’s skill as well as for
technical purposes like light and air ventilation in their houses and Mosques,
through beautiful synchronized tessellation of geometry.
Similarly are the Kangara
miniature paintings where historically artists have painted distorted
perspectives in the background and foreground where nature was depicted in the
in versatile forms of tessellation.
In England few famous artists have
painted Worldwide known famous Church roofs (arches) as well as magnificently
huge glasses showing remarkable workmanship of painted windows in the style of
tessellating nature and forms which are famous since centuries.
While looking at Roman
architecture one can see from a distance, a formation of symmetry of pillars in
a geometrical style of tessellation quite similar to that of the Mughal Forts.
The Mosque is also built in a similar style where a number of pillars form
geometrical tessellations with a span of view with no hurdles, and in the Dome
of the inner side decor where there was stone cutting, carving in floral and
geometrical forms. Ahmedabad has old and latest built monuments like Jama
Masjid and others. Here the main masjid dome has one side stone cutting and
carving in floral and geometrical forms which are architecturally strong.
Historically seen in Rajasthan, preserved and displayed in
Jaipur palace, are the paper cut jaalies made during the time of the kings
which is another way are methods of tessellating forms of nature with this art.
More or less during the Golden Era
of Fine Art painting in Europe , even human
forms were tessellated remarkably as an art of tessellation, preserved in
museums to glance and understand the beauty of painting such fine art.
At a later stage in Europe , such art was developed with two tessellations,
where each forms inlay in versatile manner, in continuity overlapping and
interlacing within each other in a beautiful rhythm and flow, painted by known
artists like William Morris and Fiskar. Today in Designing Institutions they
are referred to while teaching Textile Design students, especially for painting
purposes.
The above kind of art can be seen
as wall paintings in Rajasthan, specially the Jaipur Aamer Fort, Tonk, Sunheri
Kothi which is painted by pure gold as well as in Mughal Forts and Palaces
which later spread in all corners of India.
For example in Karnataka, the
artists work to create wood cut tessellations by using different colours and
grains of the wood, converting such tessellations into paintings on canvas.
Then there is also extremely fine
decoration on Chandan wood with minute detailed ivory pieces, with floral
patterns along with geometry tessellation sold as art pieces of that area for
multiple purposes.
In Muradabad and Jaipur there are
artists who carve or emboss various floral style in geometry and other figures
with brass plates which are sold as table tops which till today attracts
tourists.
In the Textile industry we often
see perfect tessellated forms specially, in (Phulkari) Rabari, Kashmiri
embroidery etc and in weaving like the Banaras Brocades which are well known
for its own tessellated style of weaving.
Where does the above
understanding of human being come from? Certainly, the Earth Paradise created
by God Almighty.
Due to that Prof. Khalid has developed a meaningful course for Textile
learners which is quite useful and handy to create textile print surfaces
quickly, appreciable in single colour printing that can be done in multiple
color style using round brush with long hair and this can be done easily which
no institution on this earth presently teaching as a special Course of Textile.
Therefore GIFT NGO students are enjoying such textile creations while learning
textile prints.
The above GIFT’s course content for tessellation has its own versatile
meaning and definition. For example, without geometry, one can tessellate any
nature and form of god’s creation by the grace of God Almighty.
Another beauty of the above is that the learners observe the
outcome of their work quite differently after painting it which is much beyond
their imagination, like the sorcerer’s magic of Tessellation.
For example, if learners are
creating rose tessellations and when tessellated in a bunch they reflect
different forms apart from the rose such as masks of human and animal faces and
so on. That means by making one surface helps bring out versatile forms in Tessellation.
The above mentioned tessellation course content developed at GIFT NGO took Prof. Khalid almost 10 years to introduce in
classroom teaching. That was when he realized that the method of teaching the subject
of Tessellation is simplified in many forms which means many “William Morris” will
get graduated from GIFT every year.
Its course content is full of
natural, geometrical and abstract forms which the learners must explore
endlessly for attaining mastery on such subjects, which is very important for
the Final Textile prints in the industry like the sorcery magic of print.
Emboss and Embossing
Emend
GIFT Common Foundation Course
Exercise - Embossing a surface, which breaks the learner’s mental blocks and
emend idioms as a stress buster.
Imagine a world without Emboss – this is as good as life without heart
and soul. This was the initial idea of Prof. Khalid Ameer Rafique to find with
the help of research and accordingly develop all Foundation Common Design
Course Abstract with a cosmic notion of life in it and all GIFT learners should
thus pour in their heart and soul while learning.
To understand its value within a minute in its technical depth, with
its fullness and wonderful gesture of emboss such as, dimension, volume,
projection, light and shadow, proceedings, raised, bold, obstruction, sense,
navigation, uneven, rough, unevenly smooth, protection, shelter, valleys,
depth, height, gentle and pious, bosom, relief, emotion, feeling, relation,
cherish, holding, along with all movable creatures of God with various moods
and living.
The above understanding makes a
learner to easily implement in his or her learning and incorporating for
developing concept in any thing maybe with a baby pencil, pen or any different
medium etc, as needed for conceptual moods and gestures that makes a fresh
learner strong and powerful in his or her composition of life.
Since childhood every learner has a habit to write, rewrite, overwrite
or erase and again write the same which is good initially but later on destroys
the confidence of the learner partially. GIFT‘s Emboss Exercise is thus the best
research by Prof. Khalid Ameer Rafique.
The above rewriting process that
takes place is mostly while touching a surface but one cannot do the same as in
the case of Emboss because while pouring epoxy on the surface through various
types of nozzles containers or thick injections with an open point immediately
on touching the surface gets distorted. This means that in the above tools the
point must be at least 1-2cm higher than the surface which is the means of
controlled skills by the learner of emboss. Hence this shows that there is a
complete absence of the need to rewrite or erase which is why Emboss is an exercise of GIFT
helping to mold the fresh learner very easily for its practice in the future
confidently.
For example: Before doing the
emboss partially on paper or cloth or any surface they have learnt drawing as
needed for Fashion and Textile Design.
Their understanding about nature,
geometrical forms and their abstracts, while learning through scribbling and
final drawing and shading, pen ornamentation etc helps them for perfect
embossing for its appropriate purpose.
At GIFT embossing is taught for
multiple purposes such as Fine Arts, Textile and Fashion Accessories. With
different types of epoxies one can develop meaningful designs as needed by the
course abstract for future professional practice as follows:
- Especially Home Textile and Home Decor is highly successful and appreciated and for all over ornamental style and Fashion works like embroidery.
- Another achievement of this exercise is that the learner can achieve speed with controlled accuracy, through effortless hand movement of powerful embossing strokes creating an instant composition without any hindrance and hesitation. The final finished product that develops the confidence and happiness making one forget the erasing habit making the GIFT learner overall stronger and positive towards their professional field.
- Embossing Exercise of GIFT is an amazingly versatile reflection of a meaning that one cannot possibly find to be given in any dictionary. This shows that it is not possible for other Design Institutions to practice it in the way it needs to be done. GIFT being an NGO has always been open for all to share their expertise for the designer’s community globally.
- The other example would be How to create color epoxies, for various textile and its uses in multiple styles through writing, scribbling, texturing, drawing of either nature, geometrical and abstract or anything of drawing and design having a fragile as well as a strong look overlapping in itself. Thus helping in creating two or more surfaces for one concept, its transparency.
- Like healing pads , bold, fragile, beautiful , maybe versatile, horizontal or directionless abstract, zigzag, geometrical, abstract or parallel, anything is possible for GIFT’s learner for making a concept on a controllable size such as cushion cover to bed spread never creating doubt in the learner’s mind about their confidence for the above.
- How should one
believe the above mentioned?
- Simply
travel through your mind in the Amazon jungle, through Kashmir and
- If you have an
Ariel look of various cities such as
- Due to the above understanding the world enjoys to watch unitedly through various meanings a total universe with earth in it.
- Such as watching Bay Watch or Bold and Beautiful from Lawrence Arabia to Titanic movies, sports events with its versatility where you can see the quick gesture in humans, small birds flying in a bunch, in the same manner, marine life which is full of dimension and still quite undiscovered today. These above examples are very close to the human mind inspite of which there is they are still without much practice to imagine such things meaningfully. This is why GIFT’s common learning in lesser time becomes best in learning due to continuous effort by learners as well as by GIFT faculties
- At GIFT we
never say we are the best but always are under the struggle to practice
that is why through GIFT’s product to show, our designing skills and
education we are earning immense respect and recognition.
Stencil Designing and its utility
It is a very easy subject for
GIFT fresh learner because it has been taught at school level, under craft
learning activities and in today’s time there are many manufacturing companies
that provide art materials like stencil having instructions for its use that is
used by school learners especially for their projects and decoration purposes,
imposing through various colored and textured craft paper. But in reality this
is not Stencil Designing, it is just a tool used for bringing the above effect.
GIFT learners firstly learn to draw elements of the Earth paradise
nature, in geometrical and abstract forms like creatures mask etc. Later they
learn the conversion of these forms appropriately without losing its character
and meaning in stencil which can be further made into a fine art as well as a
textile print for its versatile utility such as wall hanging with mix and match
medium, table tops and mats, bedspreads, curtains and saris etc. Due to GIFT’s
systematic approach towards teaching it is very easy for GIFT learner to learn
and practice the above.
Further, on conceiving ideas from
the above learning one can utilize stencil for screen printing without exposing
the screen technically and in many more ways which is made flexible at GIFT
while learning through empirical methods.
The above art of stencil can be utilized more in shading to
bring out depth and volume through utilization of air brush while painting
through stencils. It is an amazing style that can be handled by GIFT learners
very easily for making applique and patch work on textile for fresh
learner.This is how the above learning certainly helps students in
conceptualization for Fashion, Textile and Home Fashion Textile Interior Decor.
This course is added
up with Fashion Designing to make GIFT learner more advanced and equipped with
additional knowledge so that it can be utilized in a versatile manner for
making such fashionable Textile and Apparel prototypes
By the grace of God Almighty, GIFT NGO promises each fresh
learner, a learning duration one month for the above course for the learner to
practice professionally. What else can anyone ask to have a better education?
PENCIL
DRAWING AND SHADING
Importance
of pencil drawing, shading and rendering symphony in harmonious style for Fashion
and Textile figurative weaves and print Illustrations.
History depicts and shows us from stone-age
to modern era how well humans have built bridges through communication skills
in versatile manners which can be seen historically from stone-age through
scratching, scribbling unreadable text, but certainly brought meaningful
graffiti to make others understand their
mind’s images and associations which later on became powerful tools for
outreaching to the masses.
Since the
“Kalam”(pen) and other tools like lead in pencil got invented, the baby pencil
has been blowing the minds of humans. And no one has seen the end of the blowing
of pencil and it goes till infinity along with versatile human society and
developed minds.
Baby pencil is
a very handy tool since childhood to everyone for scribbling text or any
graffiti on paper or in surrounding. Due to the irresponsible act of elders
“that” creation of childhood is normally not preserved to understand his or
hers own mischievous act of baby pencil.
No doubt, baby pencil is an amazing tool
with which a designer’s soul can fly effortlessly in any direction of
creativity like the waves on water, sand dunes in deserts spreaded on green
carpet and force of rain and lightning from the sky because baby pencil is
everybody’s childhood friend.
Today, various
numbers of lead pencils are available. Some are hard like carbon and others are
soft like butter. What else the baby pencil need under its own shelter to blow
appropriately as needed from a designer’s soul to form the needed concept.
The above said
understanding reflects a wonderful bounteous effect which is unimaginable like
the great sorcerer doing his act, the musician blowing the flute or hitting the
chord of instruments and creating symphonious sound which pours like honey into
people’s ears to make them feel like heaven. That shows baby pencil itself as a
magician.
For Example, the soft lead of baby pencil
with single stroke creates illusions, vision in versatile light and dark hues with
immense power of depth and volume. Oh! Yes, what a baby pencil can do to
control a designers’ soul, skills and vary in conceptualization as well as
versatile meaningful prints to communicate while becoming history for the new
generation.
One doesn't
need more time to command and control the baby pencil for scribbling, graffiti
or what so ever in its utility like an artist. You just need a platform like
GIFT where you will be able to do it as a fresh learner in few hours. That
means baby pencil needs a master and the master needs a “Guru” as depicted in
the “Golden Era of Ashram days”.
One need to
have recalling power through empirical method of learning that makes the
learner grow faster and take command on
the baby pencil to write the way they like in their act. Hence the human mind
is fully rendered in versatile permutation and combination of millions and
millions of forms which is actually a memorial jungle of human memory mixed up
with pure and bad soul. That means one need to filter the above said saying,
which will lead our life to a single path as a great articulate with baby
pencil. And if some loses the charity of baby pencil, they loose their
designer’s soul in this competitive era, which means the love and affection
with baby pencil can not be tabulated and framed. It should let it flow with
all supporting human organs on appropriate surface along with the human memory
jungle that certainly will bring out the meaningful form of art which is
actually the visualization power of perfect composition of a designer’s soul.
The most important note for the fresh
learner is that he or she must not develop foolish fear phobia in learning. They
should remember that God is great and He is the Almighty of all to make
everybody’s act perfect. So, why not try as a GIFT fresher and become the
master of baby pencil.
When we are
talking about baby pencil, there are no big and fancy jargon's in utility of
baby pencils creative act. Kindly note that I am not trying to outlaw the
language and protect the baby pencil qualities for the dimension of human mind.
However, I am trying to convey through my recalling power and continuous
versatile research since childhood that the baby pencil is dear to all and
nobody can posses the lock and key to it. It is God who has given us to use
them, so try to use it in any direction to any volume and depth in your art
picture with baby pencil floating in versatile gesture and pressure. Certainly
the user becomes an artist only in few hours and for that you cannot claim to
be a sorcerer but it is your own magic, simply because of God’s grace.
At GIFT Gandhi, from the very first moment
to the very last, students learning consume countless varying lead baby
pencils. However, the baby pencil gets vanished and becomes history for others
to learn and then gets converted into wonderful art pieces; because every
single soul of a designer is different and the work with baby pencil amazes
others with its synchronous work.
Normally, the
fresh learner tries to depict the truth in their learning, but at GIFT NGO baby
pencil in the beginning flows uncontrollably for its images for a particular
form to understand the depth and volume in versatile light effects. At GIFT, we
blend in teaching unusual methods of creating images such as fishes flying in
the air, fountains running against the gravitational power, nature wrapped
around the human body, leaves of plant showing geometry, imaginary trees
growing in sorcerer’s style, landscapes proceeding towards infinity, etc. That
makes a learner flow the baby pencil against the normal human style of its
utility and its act that makes the designer’s soul to understand any dimension
of any form, due to that they can add various imaginary dimension in their
empirical art works without any frustration. As a result, the final output is
eye-catching and pleasing.
The queen of
baby pencil is the softer lead which is designer friendly and very handy to
rotate in any direction to achieve desirable results in all the initial and
final stages. It is a combination of mind; hands and baby pencil which cannot
be altered and replaced by any designer’s tool.
Nobody can
reject the baby pencil because it is simply dear to all and no designer’s soul
can survive without the baby pencil.
In my 50 years
of experience with baby pencil, it has become the blood flowing in my veins
which doesn’t require ignition. It happens spontaneously when needed. That is
why I am able to visualize roses on plant standing still, roses flying; rose
walking in any style and gestures of the above said act which is possible if
you know how to control the baby pencil in your blood.
Remember whenever you are using the baby
pencil as a fresh learner, don’t make it friendly to the eraser. One should
erase before the baby pencil acts from the mind. Such particular creativity,
certainly will built the confidence for a learner’s growth.
The baby pencil
creates miracles like translucence happening through so many concept walls.
Once the fresh learner quickly achieves the transparency of baby pencil they
can frame their every single attempt as a final outcome.
There is not
much left to say after writing and telling the stories as mentioned above
whether it is good, very good or going to be much better if someone carry on
using baby pencil in any art profession.
Don’t believe what I have written, please
try it by yourself and feel good and better after achieving your desirable act
through versatile baby pencil.
Remember, you
cannot discard your friendly baby pencil to its wants and cozy shelter to
perform as needed, that will make you understand the importance of other human
beings in liking.
Learn how to praise every single stroke of
the baby pencil, be it light or very light, dark or very dark or may be fragile
or minute. If you praise every single act of the baby pencil as mentioned above
you can conquer the world form your soul while creating masterpieces of art
which can be Fashion Illustration, Textile Prints and Jewellery or Fine Art.
Today, various
manufacturers have developed baby pencil in different leads, colours and in
water soluble form as well. Hence, they have added more flavor and utility of
the baby pencil to utilize by the designer’s soul in their appropriate creative
act. At GIFT we mostly use Staedtler, Kohinoor, Faber Castle
I don’t think that I need to write about
volume, depth and dimensions of art in designing because it is readable from
any picture plates. I just need to say that, try today and become a master
without fear. If you give up your try and after sixteen years you are again
tempted for trying it and succeed, then you will be great!! But if you have
lost the sixteen years without trying then you are behind so many eras. So what
I really want to convey is that learn and act with single adoration as
mentioned above then you will find yourself relaxed and calm.
Baby pencil is
not just a piece of tool, it totally gives you peace of mind and it will
multiply its goodness every time you act fearlessly and carefully with the baby
pencil.
Baby pencil is my tool but I cannot claim
it, it can be yours too. Make it your friend and remember GIFT for the above
mentioned said things and convey to others. That is my heartiest wish.
All my
activities are transparent and whoever likes it will surely be benefited, that
is why I am collecting penny to penny to built GIFT website so powerful for
other fresh learners. This is my mission and your mission should be, to get
benefited in the name of God Almighty for the entire designer’s soul.
Pen
Ornamentation
“Ornamental
Pen and Ink is the key to Designer’s mental block.”
Pen and ink is not a media for a designer,
certainly, it is a sharp tool for designers ornamental mind.
As mentioned
above, the ornamental mind of a designer should not be eraser friendly like the
memories of human mind. And when that attitude is activated, it certainly will
remove all the carelessness and lazy attitude. This makes the mind of a
designer completely focused towards scribbling with pen and ink in versatile
minute forms and textures. These forms and textures may seem meaningless in the
initial stage but later on with keen observation it gives definite meaning that
flows harmoniously towards symphony of picture frame. Once it is done it looks
as if someone has rendered the design where the pen is singing and the spread
ink is tapping the chord. No doubt this can be felt by the masses along with
designer’s soul.
There is no
need to be surprised as the innocence of nature plays a major role in its
effortless, amazing creation which is endless going towards infinity, then how
one can be bored in life with its accountability. For example, God has created
paradise which is not possible by any human habitat to account the forever
fresh creation of God and how can one bring it on paper. Even when thousands
and thousands of designers get united, they will not be able to cover the God’s
created wonderful paradise on earth.
Another example, if one can cut all the
trees of the entire world and convert them into “Kalam” (pen) and make all
seven seas into ink and then work as above mentioned scribbling in the praise
of God’s bounteous paradise glory then also the ink and “Kalam” will never get exhausted
and work will remain incomplete, that shows and makes us understand, why to
worry or fear. Do as much as possible and enjoy life.
The above
mentioned is a mirror and understanding, which shows the human habits to carry
forward the same work in better style and technique from one habitat to another
(from one era to another).
As you know
that, we can not tabulate love and affection in the same style, we can not
frame the creativity, it flows with its own innocence universally and as you
praise that, you grow much better.
Another
example, collect all the gold, rubies and pearls of the earth and make a jewel
even then there is no comparison to God’s created earth paradise. That shows
whatever and whenever, anywhere on this earth if somebody tries to name such
activities as mentioned above it is his or hers mind interpretation and not the
truth.
With the
above understanding one can live thousand years without getting bored and
workless. That is, which I feel, is a designer’s soul that never dies.
It was a very
difficult task for me to introduce such above mentioned foundation course for
fresh learners at GIFT which really took me almost 10 years to understand and
evaluate how it is important which actually is the key to the learner’s mind.
For example, to understand much better
about the above subject one need to do minute and random scribbling in single
style, in selected shapes with composition skills to complete the subject. One
can add clothing to the subject through ornamental scribbling and in the same way
we can understand gist and gesture like the story of Zen, and with that a
designer can walk for their entire life.
Why the above
subject is most important in a designer’s life today? Normally and simply they
get confused and lost with internet surfing and flipping the pages in the
library and don’t find sufficient material which they can use in their
professional practice, that is why GIFT’s (Gandhi Institute Fashion and
Textile) common foundation course learning for fresh learners helps open their
mental blocks in few hours. And that we would like to share with transparency for
the benefit of global designers’ community through various sources. That is why
we have launched our website (www.gift-india.com),
and added the beneficial materials on Facebook, Orkut and many more. Simply GIFT is an NGO, which is GIFT Gandhi;
www.giftgandhi.blogspot.com
How GIFT
students are utilizing the above learning in their profession, is normally
unknown to the Global Design Institutes. For Example the above mentioned pen
and ink scribbling can be mixed with versatile and different media and
certainly blend like soluble in anything or in any liquid without loosing its
identity.
GIFT students’
uses and utilizes the above learning in versatile subjects. For Example, in
Fashion; Fashion Illustration; Fashion Accessories; Body Make ups, etc.,
Textile, Minute Detailing for print Design as well as woven design and for
Jewellery Design pouring like precious stones in any metal, which reflects
nature blooming very near and reachable to the humans to admire the beauty and
restrain the glances of its Godly effect
like, two bodies of water flowing and meeting together without a barrier which cannot
be transgressed and both identity remains the same, then how can one deny the
truth of the Lord.
Water Color
for Fashion and Textile
Introduction to GIFT’s Water Color
Exercise:
To learn Watercolor, one needs to go through history for better
understanding of the subject meaningfully and that gained understanding will
bring the subject illusions and glow to their mind with spiritual purity, that
works symphonically and giving the feel of a heart beating in harmony with
imaginary vision of layers and layers covered like crystal glass, from where
one can see the transparent subjective compositions and occurrences.
It is very
difficult to understand the earth like colour paradise with an additional
essence of marine life which covers the earth and makes God’s creatures life to
flourish by all means in numbers and in growth. As we all know one cannot travel
the earth and understand in one lifetime as it becomes a difficult task for any
human kind. That is why to understand the above subject; one should be very selective about the area to gather in depth
knowledge for its happening.
The beauty of
the paradise earth will remain as long as water is present which means without
water the earth paradise will not remain the same. It is scientifically proven
that the area of earth is divided into two major portions which constitutes 70%
water and marine life and 30% is the earth where we live in a versatile
meaning. With this understanding water plays a major role for survival to all
as above mentioned and you can easily follow the style of God’s creation. And certainly, it becomes very easy to
obtain subjective knowledge with meaningful understanding to carry forward our
own work for a better living and overall growth.
The above
text certainly will not make you understand how to proceed as a fresh learner
to learn Watercolor painting,
drawing, etc. in such a short span as like GIFT students. For this we are
adding a few examples and stories which will certainly open their mind for the
proceeding information:
During the
Solomon era, Solomon himself invited a Lady Queen as a guest of honor from
their nearby kingdom. After the meal The Lady Queen came out from the castle
and she saw the water being spread in a larger area in the desert near the
Solomon castle. She got thrilled to see that and partly lifting her skirt,
tried to wet her feet to touch the water surface and what she was seeing as
water, she got shocked because it was horizontally spread with smoothness like
a pure transparent joint glass slab. This shows that the purity of transparent
cleanliness can easily fool the human mind’s belief. These kind of various
examples are present in history which can be learnt through stories of
different eras and civilizations. Certainly
that understanding and gathered knowledge from the stories can give you a
clearer picture as to what actually is Watercolor
and its paintings through a transparent style or partly adding a flavor of
translucence.
From the
above understanding we can have various examples for colors from paradise
earth which is clean and pure and their transparent character and its utility
historically depicted in different era’s and civilizations. Hence nobody can
deny God’s creations as follows:
The colors like heifer green, pista green,
swan green aqua marine, aqua purplish blue, aqua lilac, aqua lavender, flowry
baby blue, baby green, baby yellow, baby scarlet, baby crimson, and baby pink
are still very close to the human mind and its utility which is from nature as
natural as a baby. And such examples can never be denied by the grace of God
Almighty.
For learners
it is a good example to see through aquamarine colored sea, and see the distant
happenings proceeding without any hassle while observing the purity of marine
life. And if learners can learn water color from the above stated examples it
altogether builds up their confidence making their outreach to the subject
artistic, technical and direct. The above stories will certainly open their
minds at the very beginning in a direct context helping them to visualize with
an added flavour of imagination form nature. Hence it is certain that their learning
will then be carried forward.
The above
understanding from examples will restrict you for using colors as like opaque
medium, which means a tint of colour and more water on the paper surface will
certainly give a transparent effect. And always remember from applying one
stroke to another stroke of the brush from different colors, one must let the
first stroke dry partially otherwise that second stroke of brush with color
makes the surface not transparent but translucent. With this practice one can
carry on adding one layer to another on the same subject and you can see the
entire added color reflections in transparency of that subject clearly and its
proceedings and happenings. What else the fresh learner needs to learn the
subject confidently.
You may have
heard the moral stories of the tortoise and rabbit, the thirsty crow and the
hungry fox, sorcerer’s thoughts, which I have composed for fresh learners to
give more meaning to their learning as follows:
Design
Infinite
Magnetizing art
through the sorcerer’s splashing of wonderful thoughts,
With
meaningful abstract ideas of heart,
As like a
clever crow’s mind sort,
Like a
directional continuous tortoise walk,
Without a
giving up attitude as a confused fox,
That gives a
way to GIFT students.
By.
Prof. K. A. Rafique
The above moral stories and text is
meaningful in a fresh learner’s life to learn in short span as like a matured
artist knowing the subject of Watercolor for
textile and fashion design at GIFT which is then carried forward into a
conversion of textile surface, illustrations as well as fashion illustrations learning and its utility. This shows each and every learning of design
arts is somehow interlinked to each other where the subject synchronizes in symphony,
with harmonious compositions and their various derivatives and permutation and
combinations for further professional practice. This is only possible if you
follow the above explained understanding.
To be
transparent and translucent in life, in the beginning it is painful because it
is very difficult to kill the sinful mind and its hypocrisy and once a fresh
learner achieves the desirable results, the above text becomes more modest and
simple. For such learner it is very easy to accept the shortcomings while
learning and certainly the smile on the face they correct them with the subject
joyfully and due to such act, they don’t compete with outside world, they
compete themselves. Nobody can deny such growth by the grace of God Almighty.
It is a matter of willingness just like we
have learned to improve your handwriting with a knowledgeable mind through
co-relating our memories, certainly your brain garden will be blooming and
heart will shade towards the path of modesty in a learner’s life with their
associations. This can be felt by learner as well as others and their work will
across globally reaching for appraise.
The above understanding is not so easy
without modesty and simplicity because it is difficult to praise somebody’s
work and a fresh learner learns that they will learn more. And their leanings
in the day to day’s life is something that nobody can deny by the grace of God
Almighty and with that their soul of art will cherish.
Kindly do not
correlate GIFT teaching patterns and understanding of sharing expertise through
demonstration methods or by stories. Since everybody has different ways of
teaching the above said subject, only if you find it soothing then you must try
to attempt that in learning otherwise the fresh learners will mingle you for
their own distortion. So it is advised to kindly read the above text carefully.
My 40 years of experience and expertise
made me understand what is the meaning of solo
modesty and humbleness for others as
a teacher. GIFT have uploaded the fresh learner’s illustration plates
making others understand how to begin better than GIFT students globally. But
kindly note that in our teaching methods there is no exaggeration in the
pattern of teaching mission. Since we believe to be very close to the human lickings
as well as mind, you will not find more distortion in abstraction in GIFT
student’s work.
Story of
Color Transparent Character by GIFT
The Art of
Design and their learning is not easy but at GIFT it is simplified by the
virtue of God almighty for every individual learner.
GIFT is full of storytelling about design
with a co-relation of history relevant subjects along with technology whether
it be small scale, large scale or “Laghu Udyog” or “kuttir Udhyog”. Every
learning of GIFT can very well gel in with the one who was apparently our
Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhiji, whose style of education, ideology,
philosophy , Ashram style living and learning, Gandhi’s India, idea,
entrepreneurship more than job and dream, I intend to carry forward since the
beginning.
No doubt transparent in any relation or work
includes Accounting, Management or any other professions etc is highly
appreciated by masses and is good for mind to keep a calm and peaceful healthy
living and working in a human society. Transparency brings in correlation of
two and two together as like in humans for a better working that makes the
environment more joyful with togetherness in nature which is a good sign of
both sided growth. One must see how God has created the paradise of earth
through transparency pouring the human mind with versatile Knowledge and
practice in day to day’s life.
When we talk
about the transparent character of color we implement that character into our
daily lives from nature cresting as road to success for all.
It is a very
difficult task to make the Course Abstract for Color which is to be learnt in a
span of a few hours. A lot of thinking needs to be brought into consideration
to create a learning of the subject with its methods and objectives like an
unimaginable, enhanced intermission of the color and light that glows as ever
for a successful path in all field of life. By the grace of God what so ever we
do good and more good for our soul, which is God’s spirits in us, we should
know how to be good, and if we are not as above then god is not concerned
because he has given us hearing power, sight with intelligence to be humans
that is why we are different and more meaningful than all creatures made by
God.
As we all know
that without stories one cannot grow and learn and it is only the understanding
of this “story” that helps a person to lead a better life in future.
It is also a well known fact that every
human has millions of stories to tell about themselves but expressing it
through a quote or writing is not an easy task for every individual, leaving
most part of the story incomplete and they have a sad demise where no one knows
the “beginning” and “The End” of their stories.
Then how can
one teach this sort of complete learning in the classroom about the transparent
character of color to the fresh learner in such a short duration?
For coming up
with a reason for this I have traveled in the memory of my mind for thousands
of miles to recall all the glances registered since long. It is quite
surprising to me as I have so many stories about colors to make others
understand how to practice the color and color transparency, surface
ornamentation and any such character in textile, or Fashion Designing.
For e.g. If you are stationed on the apex
of the tallest hill and look down towards the proceedings of the landscapes
covered with sheets of fresh morning dew and hazel light one can find
tremendous activities present which give an essence to the ethos of Natura,
which is effusively elicited to its enigma, of transparency which is created by
God almighty. This view gives birth to ideas to utilize that hue of versatile
colors in the purest of forms like muddy marshes, greenery or stones, all in
different depths showing a transparent character of an illusive mind in itself.
This when brought about in ornamentation with a flat brush on a white paper for
further development of fabric prints and paper prints which is used for gift
wrapping gives the effect like the earth’s paradise and glory reflecting
directly by the paintings unlike the sorcerer’s illusions. With this exercise
one can see the changing color in a versatile increasing depth which is
visually unimaginable in the mind.
All this is
understood better when painted practically and not when written in text.
Normally, our eyes are not that sensitive to observe and catch any color, hues
and its character that is why innocently as a human we are not able to notice
the sight of color which we are observing. That is why one should consider
through minute and detailed observation the objects of certain color character,
and here one may find to their surprise that there are many colors that get
blended and here we salute to God almighty for his creation of nature.
For example, in rocks you can not only see
grey, silver or a dark charcoal, but also versatile growing color glowing like
the violet, crimson , scarlet and lavender in winter and in summer. The above
colors apart from the natural ones seem to be hazy in nature and the natural
are comparatively more dominant. Hence we can infer that the colors that are not
so obvious in the rocks are an understanding which is the main reason that the
object looks pleasing to the eyes in spite of being coarse, hard and rough in
its nature. This understanding when transferred into transparency also helps to
be unbiased against certain colors of our liking making us more open to the
wide range of colors present till today.
Another story
of color which I see through the marine life in the down water is that in spite
of the light not going to the deepest part of the oceans; life prevails which
is so difficult to replicate today. This creation of God is a great example to
understand that a simple medium of water through its properties plays the part
of a prism and minerals create the translucence in it giving us a soft picture
in our mind registering it for us to analyze. The understanding of how a squid
changes colors in seconds, and how the fish are present in refreshing colors
gives us a better understanding of how we can create a masterpiece using this
quality of merging of colors in paintings.
For example, the movement of vegetation and
creature gives tremendous overlapping of unimaginable glitters of color and
this when used as a color palette gives rise to a more meaningful painting
through the flat brush with an analytical approach behind it. Here in nature we
find the crystal blues and greens difficult to be converted for our
understanding especially through text; hence a color palette is extremely
essential to give our work a start. When the above mentioned colors absorb the
bright red, blue, yellow etc, they turn to their respective shades making it
eye pleasing and these when penned down and paint accordingly in transparency
help us to understand the knowledge of
purity of color.
Another
example is while passing through the valleys, during a full moon starry night,
surrounded with grown up trees, green fields, as well as the uphill and
downhill widening path with breeze whistling away into the air, we sometimes
hear the wild birds and animal noises from all directions. In the midst of this
our ear simply cannot locate the exact direction of the source of the noise,
making our eyes get rolled up in fear, and at this time we see the surrounding
colors in nature full of mischief with a translucent effect. This shows that the
color changes with the state of mind and when this is recalled and implemented
through empirical methods creating picture plates in our mind it is going to be
like color sorcery like the magicians playing the flute creating colors like
violet, silver, grey, foggy blue and stone hues. This state of mind reduces the
distance from your glance and these when taken as a color palette, and painted
would give an extreme feeling of a sober haunted paradise and this again cannot
be explained or expressed that well by talking and text. One needs to paint in
order to understand this particular character of the above stories to
understand them more effectively.
Another
example is that the span between dawn and twilight, has a very dominant color
of the atmosphere which is why the flying creatures and the objects seen appear
to be not so strong in color that even though they have their own beauty of
color losing its identity. This immediately relates to the story of the big
fish eating the small fish or the fact that in front of the strong color the
weak color loses its identity. Simply there is no darkness in the atmosphere
during dawn and twilight that we can observe with our naked eyes.
Mostly at that
time you will find a prism effect in the atmosphere in colors where violet
being the strongest and maroon showing tremendous depth, proceeds to give a
translucent effect which is actually color transparent in character.
The above understanding shows that as if
some magician is weaving color in a transparent effect where we can notice
every single color with immense depth changing its hues in such a way that many
shades are seen.
As artist are
without any technical gadgets, because if they use the photography media where
the camera cannot be your eyes; it is simply because the camera lens sees
everything and your eyes are very particular with your focused mind. So again
try to paint the color picture with a flat brush for better understanding in an
ornamental style of nature in geometry with controlled generosity.
Inspite of so many stories being told and
endless work done, till date the knowledge is still incomplete in reference to
colour. Here we realize and recognize the God’s created earth’s paradise which
has innumerable colors in every zone and every objects on this earth.
For example
the botanical, zoological, minerals, precious stones, metals sand, mud, rocks,
marine life, atmosphere, fire etc. have infinite and nameless colors. Here the
mathematical reasoning of humans may have failed till today but the discovery
of the human nature certainly can answer a lot of questions to find the name
subjectively. When the colors get blended in it and cling to each other
interlacing in a way that become two and two and more better in pairs but still
you will not find colors in total. Every research from the above subject
certainly will bring some light to the human understanding but no one can
challenge the creator of this wonderful paradise ever.
You should
carry on claiming your research or discoveries mentioning your exploration,
scientifically or empirical methods even though it may seem beyond human reach
similar to the time when an atom of hydrogen blasts, the impact is so high that
it is very difficult to take an account of the color formed during the blast.
Who wants to see a colorless life? Sorry! This earthly paradise is not a place
for them to survive in.
Many researchers, face readers, palmists,
astrologers, astronauts promised and talked blah blah…..about color and human
nature and for this myself Prof. Khalid Ameer Rafique is a great example for my
own growth in the field of color.
My story which has become history is quite
unusual than the other common people which was surprisingly unknown to me while
I was pursuing higher education at National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad.
(NID)
During the
very first month of second semester at NID when I was learning sketching and
painting in fine arts. I simply painted the roses according to my understanding
without any consultation and guidance. The very next day when I had displayed
my work on the soft board for guidance, my colleagues and teacher along with
the entire class were laughing their heart out which was quite surprising to
me. I thought that since I was a fresh learner without any background in this
art I must have received such a reaction.
Later I realized that I had painted the
roses bluish pink and this was how I understood color and my journey to
understand it began from that instance of my life. Back home when I spoke to my
elder brother Mr. Nasir.M.Rafique who at his time was the youngest principal of
IHM Ahmedabad, laughed at me when I told him what had happened at NID. He
suggested that we would consult a doctor to check my eyes with understanding
of my brain pattern and then I
realized that I could not see green and red and saw these colors as something
else.
That made me
completely blind to the above two colors, and this episode took a mysterious
turn in my life where my knowledge started growing infinitely in the field of
color transparency and its character.
I became a
magician and sorcerer of color because the way I talk about color others may
not be able to. So my empirical methods of learning have made me stronger and I
have registered the actual colors and the colors that appear to me respectively
for my in depth understanding of color.
After a few
years when I was working in Kolkotta (Rishra-West Bengal) for the development
of linen fabric, being the senior most person I selected 7 people as
technicians and supervisors who were freshers. They certainly went through
medical tests and checkups and brain mapping and understanding of colors in the
industry where the doctor found out that some were color blind like me.
Even after me
being at a high authority and all the tests that these people went through the
organization raised the objective and had their strong doubts about these
people that they would not be fit to work for their job profile due to the
color blindness problem.
I remarked that they were present not to
design but would be taking care of the weaving with colors. What ever color
shade they would be given they would have to simply match that and rectify it
to the right shade and the color blindness can never change two images in
itself in one mind of the same color. That means that the given color is green
and he had to match it accordingly and even if he sees the color as brown he
would still see the right shade to be matched with the sample that he would be
given. For this I was highly appreciated by the organization for my good
gesture towards the human society.
I have crossed
almost 35 years in the field of Textile and Apparel Designing and during this
tenure I worked with Arvind Mills in Ahmedabad, Jayashree Textiles Kolkotta,
Raymond in thane, Gujarat Spinner and various small and large industries and
also taught as a visiting and full time faculty at NID for 14 years and since
1995 teaching and heading GIFT.
This journey
of experience was enough to develop the expertise and course abstract for fresh
learners to name with color. That is why at GIFT, the story of color
transparent character in my life is seen and we highly succeed in what work we
can do in one hour, making the fresh learner not believe their own work in such
a short duration. Nobody can believe that with fresh learners for your
understanding see our picture plates and try to practice your own accordingly,
you are also able to do that because any organization would believe in
transparency and developing bridges from one place to another for the designers
community just as I believe in it.
No one needs
to believe the above mentioned as this is my faith and belief but it is the
truth being proved at least since 15 years at GIFT (Gandhi Institute of Fashion
and Textile, Ahmedabad) where the fresh learners are live examples to
experience the above truth where in a few hours they become master of colors
where the understanding and knowledge keeps on increasing day by day. They also become good at Surface
ornamentation with versatile forms such as flowers and flowery, fruits, motifs,
bale, booties, leaves, grass, trunk, thorns, geometrical forms, and their
abstract texture for meaningful synchronization for a shape and look and this
is a complete learning in just 25 hours.
Thanks to God
Almighty for my inspiration in faith to the masses along with my students in
what GIFT teaches and believes.
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GIFT Common
Learning Program for Fashion, Textile, Jewelry and Home Textile
Tessellation
for Textile
Basically by the virtue of God Almighty when the human mind
grows to practice symmetrical, geometric forms traced through history, like the
Carved Jaali of Mughal Art, created with a designer’s skill as well as for
technical purposes like light and air ventilation in their houses and Mosques,
through beautiful synchronized tessellation of geometry.
Similarly are the Kangara
miniature paintings where historically artists have painted distorted
perspectives in the background and foreground where nature was depicted in the
in versatile forms of tessellation.
In England few famous artists have
painted Worldwide known famous Church roofs (arches) as well as magnificently
huge glasses showing remarkable workmanship of painted windows in the style of
tessellating nature and forms which are famous since centuries.
While looking at Roman
architecture one can see from a distance, a formation of symmetry of pillars in
a geometrical style of tessellation quite similar to that of the Mughal Forts.
The Mosque is also built in a similar style where a number of pillars form
geometrical tessellations with a span of view with no hurdles, and in the Dome
of the inner side decor where there was stone cutting, carving in floral and
geometrical forms. Ahmedabad has old and latest built monuments like Jama
Masjid and others. Here the main masjid dome has one side stone cutting and
carving in floral and geometrical forms which are architecturally strong.
Historically seen in Rajasthan, preserved and displayed in
Jaipur palace, are the paper cut jaalies made during the time of the kings
which is another way are methods of tessellating forms of nature with this art.
More or less during the Golden Era
of Fine Art painting in Europe , even human
forms were tessellated remarkably as an art of tessellation, preserved in
museums to glance and understand the beauty of painting such fine art.
At a later stage in Europe , such art was developed with two tessellations,
where each forms inlay in versatile manner, in continuity overlapping and
interlacing within each other in a beautiful rhythm and flow, painted by known
artists like William Morris and Fiskar. Today in Designing Institutions they
are referred to while teaching Textile Design students, especially for painting
purposes.
The above kind of art can be seen
as wall paintings in Rajasthan, specially the Jaipur Aamer Fort, Tonk, Sunheri
Kothi which is painted by pure gold as well as in Mughal Forts and Palaces
which later spread in all corners of India.
For example in Karnataka, the
artists work to create wood cut tessellations by using different colours and
grains of the wood, converting such tessellations into paintings on canvas.
Then there is also extremely fine
decoration on Chandan wood with minute detailed ivory pieces, with floral
patterns along with geometry tessellation sold as art pieces of that area for
multiple purposes.
In Muradabad and Jaipur there are
artists who carve or emboss various floral style in geometry and other figures
with brass plates which are sold as table tops which till today attracts
tourists.
In the Textile industry we often
see perfect tessellated forms specially, in (Phulkari) Rabari, Kashmiri
embroidery etc and in weaving like the Banaras Brocades which are well known
for its own tessellated style of weaving.
Where does the above
understanding of human being come from? Certainly, the Earth Paradise created
by God Almighty.
Due to that Prof. Khalid has developed a meaningful course for Textile
learners which is quite useful and handy to create textile print surfaces
quickly, appreciable in single color printing that can be done in multiple
colour style using round brush with long hair and this can be done easily which
no institution on this earth presently teaching as a special Course of Textile.
Therefore GIFT NGO students are enjoying such textile creations while learning
textile prints.
The above GIFT’s course content for tessellation has its own versatile
meaning and definition. For example, without geometry, one can tessellate any
nature and form of god’s creation by the grace of God Almighty.
Another beauty of the above is that the learners observe the
outcome of their work quite differently after painting it which is much beyond
their imagination, like the sorcerer’s magic of Tessellation.
For example, if learners are
creating rose tessellations and when tessellated in a bunch they reflect
different forms apart from the rose such as masks of human and animal faces and
so on. That means by making one surface helps bring out versatile forms in Tessellation.
The above mentioned tessellation course content developed at GIFT NGO took Prof. Khalid almost 10 years to introduce in
classroom teaching. That was when he realized that the method of teaching the subject
of Tessellation is simplified in many forms which means many “William Morris” will
get graduated from GIFT every year.
Its course content is full of
natural, geometrical and abstract forms which the learners must explore
endlessly for attaining mastery on such subjects, which is very important for
the Final Textile prints in the industry like the sorcery magic of print.
Emboss and Embossing
Emend
GIFT Common Foundation Course
Exercise - Embossing a surface, which breaks the learner’s mental blocks and
emend idioms as a stress buster.
Imagine a world without Emboss – this is as good as life without heart
and soul. This was the initial idea of Prof. Khalid Ameer Rafique to find with
the help of research and accordingly develop all Foundation Common Design
Course Abstract with a cosmic notion of life in it and all GIFT learners should
thus pour in their heart and soul while learning.
To understand its value within a minute in its technical depth, with
its fullness and wonderful gesture of emboss such as, dimension, volume,
projection, light and shadow, proceedings, raised, bold, obstruction, sense,
navigation, uneven, rough, unevenly smooth, protection, shelter, valleys,
depth, height, gentle and pious, bosom, relief, emotion, feeling, relation,
cherish, holding, along with all movable creatures of God with various moods
and living.
The above understanding makes a
learner to easily implement in his or her learning and incorporating for
developing concept in any thing maybe with a baby pencil, pen or any different
medium etc, as needed for conceptual moods and gestures that makes a fresh
learner strong and powerful in his or her composition of life.
Since childhood every learner has a habit to write, rewrite, overwrite
or erase and again write the same which is good initially but later on destroys
the confidence of the learner partially. GIFT‘s Emboss Exercise is thus the best
research by Prof. Khalid Ameer Rafique.
The above rewriting process that
takes place is mostly while touching a surface but one cannot do the same as in
the case of Emboss because while pouring epoxy on the surface through various
types of nozzle containers or thick injections with an open point immediately
on touching the surface gets distorted. This means that in the above tools the
point must be at least 1-2 cm higher than the surface which is the means of
controlled skills by the learner of emboss. Hence this shows that there is a
complete absence of the need to rewrite or erase which is why Emboss is an exercise of GIFT
helping to mold the fresh learner very easily for its practice in the future
confidently.
For example: Before doing the
emboss partially on paper or cloth or any surface they have learnt drawing as
needed for Fashion and Textile Design.
Their understanding about nature,
geometrical forms and their abstracts, while learning through scribbling and
final drawing and shading, pen ornamentation etc helps them for perfect
embossing for its appropriate purpose.
At GIFT embossing is taught for
multiple purposes such as Fine Arts, Textile and Fashion Accessories. With
different types of epoxies one can develop meaningful designs as needed by the
course abstract for future professional practice as follows:
- Especially Home Textile and Home Décor is highly successful and appreciated and for all over ornamental style and Fashion works like embroidery.
- Another achievement of this exercise is that the learner can achieve speed with controlled accuracy, through effortless hand movement of powerful embossing strokes creating an instant composition without any hindrance and hesitation. The final finished product that develops the confidence and happiness making one forget the erasing habit making the GIFT learner overall stronger and positive towards their professional field.
- Embossing Exercise of GIFT is an amazingly versatile reflection of a meaning that one cannot possibly find to be given in any dictionary. This shows that it is not possible for other Design Institutions to practice it in the way it needs to be done. GIFT being an NGO has always been open for all to share their expertise for the designer’s community globally.
- The other example would be How to create color epoxies, for various textile and its uses in multiple styles through writing, scribbling, texturing, drawing of either nature, geometrical and abstract or anything of drawing and design having a fragile as well as a strong look overlapping in itself. Thus helping in creating two or more surfaces for one concept, its transparency.
- Like healing pads , bold, fragile, beautiful , maybe versatile, horizontal or directionless abstract, zigzag, geometrical, abstract or parallel, anything is possible for GIFT’s learner for making a concept on a controllable size such as cushion cover to bed spread never creating doubt in the learner’s mind about their confidence for the above.
- How should one
believe the above mentioned?
- Simply
travel through your mind in the Amazon jungle, through Kashmir and
- If you have an
Ariel look of various cities such as
- Due to the above understanding the world enjoys to watch unitedly through various meanings a total universe with earth in it.
- Such as watching Bay Watch or Bold and Beautiful from Lawrence Arabia to Titanic movies, sports events with its versatility where you can see the quick gesture in humans, small birds flying in a bunch, in the same manner, marine life which is full of dimension and still quite undiscovered today. These above examples are very close to the human mind inspite of which there is they are still without much practice to imagine such things meaningfully. This is why GIFT’s common learning in lesser time becomes best in learning due to continuous effort by learners as well as by GIFT faculties
- At GIFT we
never say we are the best but always are under the struggle to practice
that is why through GIFT’s product to show, our designing skills and
education we are earning immense respect and recognition.
Stencil Designing and its utility
It is a very easy subject for
GIFT fresh learner because it has been taught at school level, under craft
learning activities and in today’s time there are many manufacturing companies
that provide art materials like stencil having instructions for its use that is
used by school learners especially for their projects and decoration purposes,
imposing through various colored and textured craft paper. But in reality this
is not Stencil Designing, it is just a tool used for bringing the above effect.
GIFT learners firstly learn to draw elements of the Earth paradise
nature, in geometrical and abstract forms like creatures mask etc. Later they
learn the conversion of these forms appropriately without losing its character
and meaning in stencil which can be further made into a fine art as well as a
textile print for its versatile utility such as wall hanging with mix and match
medium, table tops and mats, bedspreads, curtains and saris etc. Due to GIFT’s
systematic approach towards teaching it is very easy for GIFT learner to learn
and practice the above.
Further, on conceiving ideas from
the above learning one can utilize stencil for screen printing without exposing
the screen technically and in many more ways which is made flexible at GIFT
while learning through empirical methods.
The above art of stencil can be utilized more in shading to
bring out depth and volume through utilization of air brush while painting
through stencils. It is an amazing style that can be handled by GIFT learners
very easily for making appliqué and patch work on textile for fresh
learner.This is how the above learning certainly helps students in
conceptualization for Fashion, Textile and Home Fashion Textile Interior Decor.
This course is added
up with Fashion Designing to make GIFT learner more advanced and equipped with
additional knowledge so that it can be utilized in a versatile manner for
making such fashionable Textile and Apparel prototypes
By the grace of God Almighty, GIFT NGO promises each fresh
learner, a learning duration one month for the above course for the learner to
practice professionally. What else can anyone ask to have a better education?
PENCIL
DRAWING AND SHADING
Importance
of pencil drawing, shading and rendering symphony in harmonious style for Fashion
and Textile figurative weaves and print Illustrations.
History depicts and shows us from stone-age
to modern era how well humans have built bridges through communication skills
in versatile manners which can be seen historically from stone-age through
scratching, scribbling unreadable text, but certainly brought meaningful
graffiti to make others understand their
mind’s images and associations which later on became powerful tools for
outreaching to the masses.
Since the
“Kalam”(pen) and other tools like lead in pencil got invented, the baby pencil
has been blowing the minds of humans. And no one has seen the end of the blowing
of pencil and it goes till infinity along with versatile human society and
developed minds.
Baby pencil is
a very handy tool since childhood to everyone for scribbling text or any
graffiti on paper or in surrounding. Due to the irresponsible act of elders
“that” creation of childhood is normally not preserved to understand his or
hers own mischievous act of baby pencil.
No doubt, baby pencil is an amazing tool
with which a designer’s soul can fly effortlessly in any direction of
creativity like the waves on water, sand dunes in deserts spreaded on green
carpet and force of rain and lightning from the sky because baby pencil is
everybody’s childhood friend.
Today, various
numbers of lead pencils are available. Some are hard like carbon and others are
soft like butter. What else the baby pencil need under its own shelter to blow
appropriately as needed from a designer’s soul to form the needed concept.
The above said
understanding reflects a wonderful bounteous effect which is unimaginable like
the great sorcerer doing his act, the musician blowing the flute or hitting the
chord of instruments and creating symphonious sound which pours like honey into
people’s ears to make them feel like heaven. That shows baby pencil itself as a
magician.
For Example, the soft lead of baby pencil
with single stroke creates illusions, vision in versatile light and dark hues with
immense power of depth and volume. Oh! Yes, what a baby pencil can do to
control a designers’ soul, skills and vary in conceptualization as well as
versatile meaningful prints to communicate while becoming history for the new
generation.
One doesn't
need more time to command and control the baby pencil for scribbling, graffiti
or what so ever in its utility like an artist. You just need a platform like
GIFT where you will be able to do it as a fresh learner in few hours. That
means baby pencil needs a master and the master needs a “Guru” as depicted in
the “Golden Era of Ashram days”.
One need to
have recalling power through empirical method of learning that makes the
learner grow faster and take command on
the baby pencil to write the way they like in their act. Hence the human mind
is fully rendered in versatile permutation and combination of millions and
millions of forms which is actually a memorial jungle of human memory mixed up
with pure and bad soul. That means one need to filter the above said saying,
which will lead our life to a single path as a great articulate with baby
pencil. And if some loses the charity of baby pencil, they loose their
designer’s soul in this competitive era, which means the love and affection
with baby pencil can not be tabulated and framed. It should let it flow with
all supporting human organs on appropriate surface along with the human memory
jungle that certainly will bring out the meaningful form of art which is
actually the visualization power of perfect composition of a designer’s soul.
The most important note for the fresh
learner is that he or she must not develop foolish fear phobia in learning. They
should remember that God is great and He is the Almighty of all to make
everybody’s act perfect. So, why not try as a GIFT fresher and become the
master of baby pencil.
When we are
talking about baby pencil, there are no big and fancy jargons in utility of
baby pencils creative act. Kindly note that I am not trying to outlaw the
language and protect the baby pencil qualities for the dimension of human mind.
However, I am trying to convey through my recalling power and continuous
versatile research since childhood that the baby pencil is dear to all and
nobody can posses the lock and key to it. It is God who has given us to use
them, so try to use it in any direction to any volume and depth in your art
picture with baby pencil floating in versatile gesture and pressure. Certainly
the user becomes an artist only in few hours and for that you cannot claim to
be a sorcerer but it is your own magic, simply because of God’s grace.
At GIFT Gandhi, from the very first moment
to the very last, students learning consume countless varying lead baby
pencils. However, the baby pencil gets vanished and becomes history for others
to learn and then gets converted into wonderful art pieces; because every
single soul of a designer is different and the work with baby pencil amazes
others with its synchronous work.
Normally, the
fresh learner tries to depict the truth in their learning, but at GIFT NGO baby
pencil in the beginning flows uncontrollably for its images for a particular
form to understand the depth and volume in versatile light effects. At GIFT, we
blend in teaching unusual methods of creating images such as fishes flying in
the air, fountains running against the gravitational power, nature wrapped
around the human body, leaves of plant showing geometry, imaginary trees
growing in sorcerer’s style, landscapes proceeding towards infinity, etc. That
makes a learner flow the baby pencil against the normal human style of its
utility and its act that makes the designer’s soul to understand any dimension
of any form, due to that they can add various imaginary dimension in their
empirical art works without any frustration. As a result, the final output is
eye-catching and pleasing.
The queen of
baby pencil is the softer lead which is designer friendly and very handy to
rotate in any direction to achieve desirable results in all the initial and
final stages. It is a combination of mind; hands and baby pencil which cannot
be altered and replaced by any designer’s tool.
Nobody can
reject the baby pencil because it is simply dear to all and no designer’s soul
can survive without the baby pencil.
In my 50 years
of experience with baby pencil, it has become the blood flowing in my veins
which doesn’t require ignition. It happens spontaneously when needed. That is
why I am able to visualize roses on plant standing still, roses flying; rose
walking in any style and gestures of the above said act which is possible if
you know how to control the baby pencil in your blood.
Remember whenever you are using the baby
pencil as a fresh learner, don’t make it friendly to the eraser. One should
erase before the baby pencil acts from the mind. Such particular creativity,
certainly will built the confidence for a learner’s growth.
The baby pencil
creates miracles like translucence happening through so many concept walls.
Once the fresh learner quickly achieves the transparency of baby pencil they
can frame their every single attempt as a final outcome.
There is not
much left to say after writing and telling the stories as mentioned above
whether it is good, very good or going to be much better if someone carry on
using baby pencil in any art profession.
Don’t believe what I have written, please
try it by yourself and feel good and better after achieving your desirable act
through versatile baby pencil.
Remember, you
cannot discard your friendly baby pencil to its wants and cozy shelter to
perform as needed, that will make you understand the importance of other human
beings in liking.
Learn how to praise every single stroke of
the baby pencil, be it light or very light, dark or very dark or may be fragile
or minute. If you praise every single act of the baby pencil as mentioned above
you can conquer the world form your soul while creating masterpieces of art
which can be Fashion Illustration, Textile Prints and Jewellery or Fine Art.
Today, various
manufacturers have developed baby pencil in different leads, colors and in
water soluble form as well. Hence, they have added more flavor and utility of
the baby pencil to utilize by the designer’s soul in their appropriate creative
act. At GIFT we mostly use Staedtler, Kohinoor, Faber Castle
I don’t think that I need to write about
volume, depth and dimensions of art in designing because it is readable from
any picture plates. I just need to say that, try today and become a master
without fear. If you give up your try and after sixteen years you are again
tempted for trying it and succeed, then you will be great!! But if you have
lost the sixteen years without trying then you are behind so many eras. So what
I really want to convey is that learn and act with single adoration as
mentioned above then you will find yourself relaxed and calm.
Baby pencil is
not just a piece of tool, it totally gives you peace of mind and it will
multiply its goodness every time you act fearlessly and carefully with the baby
pencil.
Baby pencil is my tool but I cannot claim
it, it can be yours too. Make it your friend and remember GIFT for the above
mentioned said things and convey to others. That is my heartiest wish.
All my
activities are transparent and whoever likes it will surely be benefited, that
is why I am collecting penny to penny to built GIFT website so powerful for
other fresh learners. This is my mission and your mission should be, to get
benefited in the name of God Almighty for the entire designer’s soul.
Pen
Ornamentation
“Ornamental
Pen and Ink is the key to Designer’s mental block.”
Pen and ink is not a media for a designer,
certainly, it is a sharp tool for designers ornamental mind.
As mentioned
above, the ornamental mind of a designer should not be eraser friendly like the
memories of human mind. And when that attitude is activated, it certainly will
remove all the carelessness and lazy attitude. This makes the mind of a
designer completely focused towards scribbling with pen and ink in versatile
minute forms and textures. These forms and textures may seem meaningless in the
initial stage but later on with keen observation it gives definite meaning that
flows harmoniously towards symphony of picture frame. Once it is done it looks
as if someone has rendered the design where the pen is singing and the spread
ink is tapping the chord. No doubt this can be felt by the masses along with
designer’s soul.
There is no
need to be surprised as the innocence of nature plays a major role in its
effortless, amazing creation which is endless going towards infinity, then how
one can be bored in life with its accountability. For example, God has created
paradise which is not possible by any human habitat to account the forever
fresh creation of God and how can one bring it on paper. Even when thousands
and thousands of designers get united, they will not be able to cover the God’s
created wonderful paradise on earth.
Another example, if one can cut all the
trees of the entire world and convert them into “Kalam” (pen) and make all
seven seas into ink and then work as above mentioned scribbling in the praise
of God’s bounteous paradise glory then also the ink and “Kalam” will never get exhausted
and work will remain incomplete, that shows and makes us understand, why to
worry or fear. Do as much as possible and enjoy life.
The above
mentioned is a mirror and understanding, which shows the human habits to carry
forward the same work in better style and technique from one habitat to another
(from one era to another).
As you know
that, we can not tabulate love and affection in the same style, we can not
frame the creativity, it flows with its own innocence universally and as you
praise that, you grow much better.
Another
example, collect all the gold, rubies and pearls of the earth and make a jewel
even then there is no comparison to God’s created earth paradise. That shows
whatever and whenever, anywhere on this earth if somebody tries to name such
activities as mentioned above it is his or hers mind interpretation and not the
truth.
With the
above understanding one can live thousand years without getting bored and
workless. That is, which I feel, is a designer’s soul that never dies.
It was a very
difficult task for me to introduce such above mentioned foundation course for
fresh learners at GIFT which really took me almost 10 years to understand and
evaluate how it is important which actually is the key to the learner’s mind.
For example, to understand much better
about the above subject one need to do minute and random scribbling in single
style, in selected shapes with composition skills to complete the subject. One
can add clothing to the subject through ornamental scribbling and in the same way
we can understand gist and gesture like the story of Zen, and with that a
designer can walk for their entire life.
Why the above
subject is most important in a designer’s life today? Normally and simply they
get confused and lost with internet surfing and flipping the pages in the
library and don’t find sufficient material which they can use in their
professional practice, that is why GIFT’s (Gandhi Institute Fashion and
Textile) common foundation course learning for fresh learners helps open their
mental blocks in few hours. And that we would like to share with transparency for
the benefit of global designers’ community through various sources. That is why
we have launched our website (www.gift-india.com),
and added the beneficial materials on Facebook, Orkut and many more. Simply GIFT is an NGO, which is GIFT Gandhi;
www.giftgandhi.blogspot.com
How GIFT
students are utilizing the above learning in their profession, is normally
unknown to the Global Design Institutes. For Example the above mentioned pen
and ink scribbling can be mixed with versatile and different media and
certainly blend like soluble in anything or in any liquid without loosing its
identity.
GIFT students’
uses and utilizes the above learning in versatile subjects. For Example, in
Fashion; Fashion Illustration; Fashion Accessories; Body Make ups, etc.,
Textile, Minute Detailing for print Design as well as woven design and for
Jewellery Design pouring like precious stones in any metal, which reflects
nature blooming very near and reachable to the humans to admire the beauty and
restrain the glances of its Godly effect
like, two bodies of water flowing and meeting together without a barrier which cannot
be transgressed and both identity remains the same, then how can one deny the
truth of the Lord.
Water Color
for Fashion and Textile
Introduction to GIFT’s Water Color
Exercise:
To learn Watercolor, one needs to go through history for better
understanding of the subject meaningfully and that gained understanding will
bring the subject illusions and glow to their mind with spiritual purity, that
works symphonically and giving the feel of a heart beating in harmony with
imaginary vision of layers and layers covered like crystal glass, from where
one can see the transparent subjective compositions and occurrences.
It is very
difficult to understand the earth like color paradise with an additional
essence of marine life which covers the earth and makes God’s creatures life to
flourish by all means in numbers and in growth. As we all know one cannot travel
the earth and understand in one lifetime as it becomes a difficult task for any
human kind. That is why to understand the above subject; one should be very selective about the area to gather in depth
knowledge for its happening.
The beauty of
the paradise earth will remain as long as water is present which means without
water the earth paradise will not remain the same. It is scientifically proven
that the area of earth is divided into two major portions which constitutes 70%
water and marine life and 30% is the earth where we live in a versatile
meaning. With this understanding water plays a major role for survival to all
as above mentioned and you can easily follow the style of God’s creation. And certainly, it becomes very easy to
obtain subjective knowledge with meaningful understanding to carry forward our
own work for a better living and overall growth.
The above
text certainly will not make you understand how to proceed as a fresh learner
to learn Watercolor painting,
drawing, etc. in such a short span as like GIFT students. For this we are
adding a few examples and stories which will certainly open their mind for the
proceeding information:
During the
Solomon era, Solomon himself invited a Lady Queen as a guest of honor from
their nearby kingdom. After the meal The Lady Queen came out from the castle
and she saw the water being spread in a larger area in the desert near the
Solomon castle. She got thrilled to see that and partly lifting her skirt,
tried to wet her feet to touch the water surface and what she was seeing as
water, she got shocked because it was horizontally spread with smoothness like
a pure transparent joint glass slab. This shows that the purity of transparent
cleanliness can easily fool the human mind’s belief. These kind of various
examples are present in history which can be learnt through stories of
different eras and civilizations. Certainly
that understanding and gathered knowledge from the stories can give you a
clearer picture as to what actually is Watercolor
and its paintings through a transparent style or partly adding a flavor of
translucence.
From the
above understanding we can have various examples for colors from paradise
earth which is clean and pure and their transparent character and its utility
historically depicted in different era’s and civilizations. Hence nobody can
deny God’s creations as follows:
The colors like heifer green, pista green,
swan green aqua marine, aqua purplish blue, aqua lilac, aqua lavender, flowry
baby blue, baby green, baby yellow, baby scarlet, baby crimson, and baby pink
are still very close to the human mind and its utility which is from nature as
natural as a baby. And such examples can never be denied by the grace of God
Almighty.
For learners
it is a good example to see through aquamarine colored sea, and see the distant
happenings proceeding without any hassle while observing the purity of marine
life. And if learners can learn water color from the above stated examples it
altogether builds up their confidence making their outreach to the subject
artistic, technical and direct. The above stories will certainly open their
minds at the very beginning in a direct context helping them to visualize with
an added flavour of imagination form nature. Hence it is certain that their learning
will then be carried forward.
The above
understanding from examples will restrict you for using colors as like opaque
medium, which means a tint of colour and more water on the paper surface will
certainly give a transparent effect. And always remember from applying one
stroke to another stroke of the brush from different colors, one must let the
first stroke dry partially otherwise that second stroke of brush with color
makes the surface not transparent but translucent. With this practice one can
carry on adding one layer to another on the same subject and you can see the
entire added color reflections in transparency of that subject clearly and its
proceedings and happenings. What else the fresh learner needs to learn the
subject confidently.
You may have
heard the moral stories of the tortoise and rabbit, the thirsty crow and the
hungry fox, sorcerer’s thoughts, which I have composed for fresh learners to
give more meaning to their learning as follows:
Design
Infinite Intagalio
Magnetizing art
through the sorcerer’s splashing of wonderful thoughts,
With
meaningful abstract ideas of heart,
As like a
clever crow’s mind sort,
Like a
directional continuous tortoise walk,
Without a
giving up attitude as a confused fox,
That gives a
way to GIFT students.
By.
Prof. K. A. Rafique
The above moral stories and text is
meaningful in a fresh learner’s life to learn in short span as like a matured
artist knowing the subject of Watercolor for
textile and fashion design at GIFT which is then carried forward into a
conversion of textile surface, illustrations as well as fashion illustrations learning and its utility. This shows each and every learning of design
arts is somehow interlinked to each other where the subject synchronizes in symphony,
with harmonious compositions and their various derivatives and permutation and
combinations for further professional practice. This is only possible if you
follow the above explained understanding.
To be
transparent and translucent in life, in the beginning it is painful because it
is very difficult to kill the sinful mind and its hypocrisy and once a fresh
learner achieves the desirable results, the above text becomes more modest and
simple. For such learner it is very easy to accept the shortcomings while
learning and certainly the smile on the face they correct them with the subject
joyfully and due to such act, they don’t compete with outside world, they
compete themselves. Nobody can deny such growth by the grace of God Almighty.
It is a matter of willingness just like we
have learned to improve your handwriting with a knowledgeable mind through
co-relating our memories, certainly your brain garden will be blooming and
heart will shade towards the path of modesty in a learner’s life with their
associations. This can be felt by learner as well as others and their work will
across globally reaching for appraise.
The above understanding is not so easy
without modesty and simplicity because it is difficult to praise somebody’s
work and a fresh learner learns that they will learn more. And their leanings
in the day to day’s life is something that nobody can deny by the grace of God
Almighty and with that their soul of art will cherish.
Kindly do not
correlate GIFT teaching patterns and understanding of sharing expertise through
demonstration methods or by stories. Since everybody has different ways of
teaching the above said subject, only if you find it soothing then you must try
to attempt that in learning otherwise the fresh learners will mingle you for
their own distortion. So it is advised to kindly read the above text carefully.
My 40 years of experience and expertise
made me understand what is the meaning of solo
modesty and humbleness for others as
a teacher. GIFT have uploaded the fresh learner’s illustration plates
making others understand how to begin better than GIFT students globally. But
kindly note that in our teaching methods there is no exaggeration in the
pattern of teaching mission. Since we believe to be very close to the human likings
as well as mind, you will not find more distortion in abstraction in GIFT
student’s work.
Story of
Color Transparent Character by GIFT
The Art of
Design and their learning is not easy but at GIFT it is simplified by the
virtue of God almighty for every individual learner.
GIFT is full of storytelling about design
with a co-relation of history relevant subjects along with technology whether
it be small scale, large scale or “Laghu Udyog” or “kuttir Udhyog”. Every
learning of GIFT can very well gel in with the one who was apparently our
Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhiji, whose style of education, ideology,
philosophy , Ashram style living and learning, Gandhi’s India, idea,
entrepreneurship more than job and dream, I intend to carry forward since the
beginning.
No doubt transparent in any relation or work
includes Accounting, Management or any other professions etc is highly
appreciated by masses and is good for mind to keep a calm and peaceful healthy
living and working in a human society. Transparency brings in correlation of
two and two together as like in humans for a better working that makes the
environment more joyful with togetherness in nature which is a good sign of
both sided growth. One must see how God has created the paradise of earth
through transparency pouring the human mind with versatile Knowledge and
practice in day to day’s life.
When we talk
about the transparent character of color we implement that character into our
daily lives from nature cresting as road to success for all.
It is a very
difficult task to make the Course Abstract for Color which is to be learnt in a
span of a few hours. A lot of thinking needs to be brought into consideration
to create a learning of the subject with its methods and objectives like an
unimaginable, enhanced intermission of the color and light that glows as ever
for a successful path in all field of life. By the grace of God what so ever we
do good and more good for our soul, which is God’s spirits in us, we should
know how to be good, and if we are not as above then god is not concerned
because he has given us hearing power, sight with intelligence to be humans
that is why we are different and more meaningful than all creatures made by
God.
As we all know
that without stories one cannot grow and learn and it is only the understanding
of this “story” that helps a person to lead a better life in future.
It is also a well known fact that every
human has millions of stories to tell about themselves but expressing it
through a quote or writing is not an easy task for every individual, leaving
most part of the story incomplete and they have a sad demise where no one knows
the “beginning” and “The End” of their stories.
Then how can
one teach this sort of complete learning in the classroom about the transparent
character of color to the fresh learner in such a short duration?
For coming up
with a reason for this I have traveled in the memory of my mind for thousands
of miles to recall all the glances registered since long. It is quite
surprising to me as I have so many stories about colors to make others
understand how to practice the color and color transparency, surface
ornamentation and any such character in textile, or Fashion Designing.
For e.g. If you are stationed on the apex
of the tallest hill and look down towards the proceedings of the landscapes
covered with sheets of fresh morning dew and hazel light one can find
tremendous activities present which give an essence to the ethos of Natura,
which is effusively elicited to its enigma, of transparency which is created by
God almighty. This view gives birth to ideas to utilize that hue of versatile
colors in the purest of forms like muddy marshes, greenery or stones, all in
different depths showing a transparent character of an illusive mind in itself.
This when brought about in ornamentation with a flat brush on a white paper for
further development of fabric prints and paper prints which is used for gift
wrapping gives the effect like the earth’s paradise and glory reflecting
directly by the paintings unlike the sorcerer’s illusions. With this exercise
one can see the changing color in a versatile increasing depth which is
visually unimaginable in the mind.
All this is
understood better when painted practically and not when written in text.
Normally, our eyes are not that sensitive to observe and catch any color, hues
and its character that is why innocently as a human we are not able to notice
the sight of color which we are observing. That is why one should consider
through minute and detailed observation the objects of certain color character,
and here one may find to their surprise that there are many colors that get
blended and here we salute to God almighty for his creation of nature.
For example, in rocks you can not only see
grey, silver or a dark charcoal, but also versatile growing color glowing like
the violet, crimson , scarlet and lavender in winter and in summer. The above
colors apart from the natural ones seem to be hazy in nature and the natural
are comparatively more dominant. Hence we can infer that the colors that are not
so obvious in the rocks are an understanding which is the main reason that the
object looks pleasing to the eyes in spite of being coarse, hard and rough in
its nature. This understanding when transferred into transparency also helps to
be unbiased against certain colors of our liking making us more open to the
wide range of colors present till today.
Another story
of color which I see through the marine life in the down water is that in spite
of the light not going to the deepest part of the oceans; life prevails which
is so difficult to replicate today. This creation of God is a great example to
understand that a simple medium of water through its properties plays the part
of a prism and minerals create the translucence in it giving us a soft picture
in our mind registering it for us to analyze. The understanding of how a squid
changes colors in seconds, and how the fish are present in refreshing colors
gives us a better understanding of how we can create a masterpiece using this
quality of merging of colors in paintings.
For example, the movement of vegetation and
creature gives tremendous overlapping of unimaginable glitters of color and
this when used as a color palette gives rise to a more meaningful painting
through the flat brush with an analytical approach behind it. Here in nature we
find the crystal blues and greens difficult to be converted for our
understanding especially through text; hence a color palette is extremely
essential to give our work a start. When the above mentioned colors absorb the
bright red, blue, yellow etc, they turn to their respective shades making it
eye pleasing and these when penned down and paint accordingly in transparency
help us to understand the knowledge of
purity of color.
Another
example is while passing through the valleys, during a full moon starry night,
surrounded with grown up trees, green fields, as well as the uphill and
downhill widening path with breeze whistling away into the air, we sometimes
hear the wild birds and animal noises from all directions. In the midst of this
our ear simply cannot locate the exact direction of the source of the noise,
making our eyes get rolled up in fear, and at this time we see the surrounding
colors in nature full of mischief with a translucent effect. This shows that the
color changes with the state of mind and when this is recalled and implemented
through empirical methods creating picture plates in our mind it is going to be
like color sorcery like the magicians playing the flute creating colors like
violet, silver, grey, foggy blue and stone hues. This state of mind reduces the
distance from your glance and these when taken as a color palette, and painted
would give an extreme feeling of a sober haunted paradise and this again cannot
be explained or expressed that well by talking and text. One needs to paint in
order to understand this particular character of the above stories to
understand them more effectively.
Another
example is that the span between dawn and twilight, has a very dominant color
of the atmosphere which is why the flying creatures and the objects seen appear
to be not so strong in color that even though they have their own beauty of
color losing its identity. This immediately relates to the story of the big
fish eating the small fish or the fact that in front of the strong color the
weak color loses its identity. Simply there is no darkness in the atmosphere
during dawn and twilight that we can observe with our naked eyes.
Mostly at that
time you will find a prism effect in the atmosphere in colors where violet
being the strongest and maroon showing tremendous depth, proceeds to give a
translucent effect which is actually color transparent in character.
The above understanding shows that as if
some magician is weaving color in a transparent effect where we can notice
every single color with immense depth changing its hues in such a way that many
shades are seen.
As artist are
without any technical gadgets, because if they use the photography media where
the camera cannot be your eyes; it is simply because the camera lens sees
everything and your eyes are very particular with your focused mind. So again
try to paint the color picture with a flat brush for better understanding in an
ornamental style of nature in geometry with controlled generosity.
Inspite of so many stories being told and
endless work done, till date the knowledge is still incomplete in reference to
colour. Here we realize and recognize the God’s created earth’s paradise which
has innumerable colors in every zone and every objects on this earth.
For example
the botanical, zoological, minerals, precious stones, metals sand, mud, rocks,
marine life, atmosphere, fire etc. have infinite and nameless colors. Here the
mathematical reasoning of humans may have failed till today but the discovery
of the human nature certainly can answer a lot of questions to find the name
subjectively. When the colors get blended in it and cling to each other
interlacing in a way that become two and two and more better in pairs but still
you will not find colors in total. Every research from the above subject
certainly will bring some light to the human understanding but no one can
challenge the creator of this wonderful paradise ever.
You should
carry on claiming your research or discoveries mentioning your exploration,
scientifically or empirical methods even though it may seem beyond human reach
similar to the time when an atom of hydrogen blasts, the impact is so high that
it is very difficult to take an account of the color formed during the blast.
Who wants to see a colorless life? Sorry! This earthly paradise is not a place
for them to survive in.
Many researchers, face readers, palmists,
astrologers, astronauts promised and talked blah blah…..about color and human
nature and for this myself Prof. Khalid Ameer Rafique is a great example for my
own growth in the field of color.
My story which has become history is quite
unusual than the other common people which was surprisingly unknown to me while
I was pursuing higher education at National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad.
(NID)
During the
very first month of second semester at NID when I was learning sketching and
painting in fine arts. I simply painted the roses according to my understanding
without any consultation and guidance. The very next day when I had displayed
my work on the soft board for guidance, my colleagues and teacher along with
the entire class were laughing their heart out which was quite surprising to
me. I thought that since I was a fresh learner without any background in this
art I must have received such a reaction.
Later I realized that I had painted the
roses bluish pink and this was how I understood color and my journey to
understand it began from that instance of my life. Back home when I spoke to my
elder brother Mr. Nasir.M.Rafique who at his time was the youngest principal of
IHM Ahmedabad, laughed at me when I told him what had happened at NID. He
suggested that we would consult a doctor to check my eyes with understanding
of my brain pattern and then I
realized that I could not see green and red and saw these colors as something
else.
That made me
completely blind to the above two colors, and this episode took a mysterious
turn in my life where my knowledge started growing infinitely in the field of
color transparency and its character.
I became a
magician and sorcerer of color because the way I talk about color others may
not be able to. So my empirical methods of learning have made me stronger and I
have registered the actual colors and the colors that appear to me respectively
for my in depth understanding of color.
After a few
years when I was working in Kolkotta (Rishra-West Bengal) for the development
of linen fabric, being the senior most person I selected 7 people as
technicians and supervisors who were freshers. They certainly went through
medical tests and checkups and brain mapping and understanding of colors in the
industry where the doctor found out that some were color blind like me.
Even after me
being at a high authority and all the tests that these people went through the
organization raised the objective and had their strong doubts about these
people that they would not be fit to work for their job profile due to the
color blindness problem.
I remarked that they were present not to
design but would be taking care of the weaving with colors. What ever color
shade they would be given they would have to simply match that and rectify it
to the right shade and the color blindness can never change two images in
itself in one mind of the same color. That means that the given color is green
and he had to match it accordingly and even if he sees the color as brown he
would still see the right shade to be matched with the sample that he would be
given. For this I was highly appreciated by the organization for my good
gesture towards the human society.
I have crossed
almost 35 years in the field of Textile and Apparel Designing and during this
tenure I worked with Arvind Mills in Ahmedabad, Jayashree Textiles Kolkotta,
Raymonds in thane, Gujarat Spinner and various small and large industries and
also taught as a visiting and full time faculty at NID for 14 years and since
1995 teaching and heading GIFT.
This journey
of experience was enough to develop the expertise and course abstract for fresh
learners to name with color. That is why at GIFT, the story of color
transparent character in my life is seen and we highly succeed in what work we
can do in one hour, making the fresh learner not believe their own work in such
a short duration. Nobody can believe that with fresh learners for your
understanding see our picture plates and try to practice your own accordingly,
you are also able to do that because any organization would believe in
transparency and developing bridges from one place to another for the designers
community just as I believe in it.
No one needs
to believe the above mentioned as this is my faith and belief but it is the
truth being proved at least since 15 years at GIFT (Gandhi Institute of Fashion
and Textile, Ahmedabad) where the fresh learners are live examples to
experience the above truth where in a few hours they become master of colors
where the understanding and knowledge keeps on increasing day by day. They also become good at Surface
ornamentation with versatile forms such as flowers and flowery, fruits, motifs,
bale, booties, leaves, grass, trunk, thorns, geometrical forms, and their
abstract texture for meaningful synchronization for a shape and look and this
is a complete learning in just 25 hours.
Thanks to God
Almighty for my inspiration in faith to the masses along with my students in
what GIFT teaches and believes.
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