Bhoomika Prasad
Textiles MFA
Parsons School of Design
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Textiles / Textiles - Weave / Textiles - Print/Embroidery
My location: New York, United States
Bhoomika Prasad
First Name: Bhoomika
Last Name: Prasad
University / College: Parsons School of Design
Course / Program: Textiles MFA
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Textiles / Textiles - Weave / Textiles - Print/Embroidery
My Location: New York, United States
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About
Drawing inspiration from nature's patterns, mythological narratives, and literary worlds, I use weaving and embroidery as my primary techniques. These approaches allow me to investigate materials on my loom and give me experimental freedom. Working with the constraints of these materials brings meaning to my practice and fosters creative growth, resulting in simultaneously structured and organic textiles. In my work, I let the material live as it wants to; I simply provide it with a new means to exist.The core of my work lies in a multisensory approach that extends beyond the visual. I create vibrant, interactive pieces that invite tactile engagement with the textiles. These textiles are meant to be touched, moved through, and experienced dimensionally. This tactile dialogue between viewer and material reveals textiles' unique capacity to communicate complex ideas through direct sensory experience.I work with large-scale projects, primarily using copper wire and optic-fibers. Each material brings its own story to my practice, which leads to extensive research and testing of its limits and capabilities. I gravitate toward large-scale works because they allow me to engulf and absorb my viewers; as a short person, this reflects how I see the world, and presents my perspective.
STRUCTURED TEXTILES delves into the intricate relationship between structural textiles and sonic phenomena. This collection examines the tangible manifestation of sound waves through layered fabrics, exploring their physical and visual complexities. The series features two complementary pieces that translate acoustic principles into textile form: HOMOPHONY presents a double-weave construction joined at one edge, employing the overshot technique to capture the fluid, rippling movement of single-melody sound progressions. through a diamond overshot weave. The synchronized layers mirror how dominant melodic lines are supported by harmonic accompaniment in musical composition. POLYPHONY expands this exploration through a three-layered woven structure that alternates between point twill and plain weave techniques. The outer layers, crafted with white copper thread, encase an inner fabric of black and white copper twisted together. This construction not only represents the complex interplay of independent melodic lines in polyphonic music but also engages with illumination, transforming The textile becomes a dynamic surface that responds to and manipulates light. Together, these pieces investigate the multisensory potential of woven structures, translating auditory concepts into tactile experiences that engage both touch and sight.
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