Being really interested in textiles and hand looms , i was very excited for this course to start as the title of the course was arousing several questions in my mind. The first day of class was unexpectedly really thought provoking . The connect between weaving and geometry was shown to us which gave birth to words like repetition and intervention. The word 'ornamentation' had got an entirely new meaning now. Adolf Loos's words trying to make us understand the proper meaning of the word ornamentation in terms of decoration and embellishments. Guidelines on how to become modern and how ornamentation is unnecessary was coming across through every statement. Ornamentation itself is such a word that could have a different meaning for the every second person. If a person prefers to be very basic by his lifestyle for that person just adding a blob of ink would mean ornamentation and for some others it would not. So hence saying that every person's perception would add to list of meanings of the word ornamentation. Maybe sometimes adding that little bit becomes extra and the natural beauty of something is overpowered , before this i never realized that even the print on the fabric could be considered ornamentation.
Our country India, is known for its diversity. Every state has so much of its own , they have an entirely new culture. If we see the textiles of all states they are so differentiated yet so united in terms of their colors. Going by the title of the course i think reading cloth is very essential in order know the essence of the thread weaves which make a cloth. The ornamentation which means the add on element of the cloth will be removed once the cloth is read properly and its beauty is displayed. The main thing i got from the first class was that i need to brush up my history again in order to know the history behind a particular cloth and as to what made it what it is today. The language of a cloth is its geometry which must be known before reading a cloth.
Our country India, is known for its diversity. Every state has so much of its own , they have an entirely new culture. If we see the textiles of all states they are so differentiated yet so united in terms of their colors. Going by the title of the course i think reading cloth is very essential in order know the essence of the thread weaves which make a cloth. The ornamentation which means the add on element of the cloth will be removed once the cloth is read properly and its beauty is displayed. The main thing i got from the first class was that i need to brush up my history again in order to know the history behind a particular cloth and as to what made it what it is today. The language of a cloth is its geometry which must be known before reading a cloth.
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