Ajnaa

2019

Handpainting︎ Textiles ︎ Visual Design
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Ajnaa, the symbol of the third eye, embodies the awakening of inner intuition and strength. Created for Taneira, this collection honors the essence of the modern woman, celebrating every dimension of her personality and mood.

Rendered in bold retro-pop hues of red, blue, black, yellow, and white, each saree carries its own unique energy. With playful color blocking, dynamic mix-and-match contrasts, and balanced solid tones, the collection is designed to resonate with women across generations. Inclusivity lies at its core, making it a celebration for women of all ages.

There is an intimate relationship between a bindi and the surfaces it touches, all connected through the woman who wears it. In her daily ritual of getting ready, the bindi becomes essential - moving from the packet to her forehead, to the mirror, and sometimes back again. What’s fascinating is that through this simple, repetitive act, she leaves behind a trace. These traces form patterns. And a pattern, after all, is nothing more than an image repeated. Such patterns appear in many ways-the neatly tiled packets of bindis that, once used, become scattered and rearranged, or the mirrors where a corner gradually fills with bindis reserved for her collection.

Notes from the Sketchbook

FIERCE︎ CIRCLE︎ COMFORT︎ POSITIVE ENERGY SRI DEVI ︎POWER ︎ WOMANHOOD︎ HEALING︎ THIRD EYE︎ REKHA︎ SPIRITUAL︎ CONFIDENCE︎ RED DOT︎ BLACK BINDI︎ CALMNESS MAROON︎ STRENGTH︎ MOM︎