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EACH FRAGMENT IS PRECIOUS AT PAIWAND

EACH FRAGMENT IS PRECIOUS AT PAIWAND

July 27, 2022
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Image: Hand embroidery with textile fragments. Image courtesy of Paiwand Studio.

“At Paiwand, we are on a mission to revive handcrafted practices in a new light by introducing waste as a raw material. We follow a strict zero-waste policy. We believe each fragment of textile waste has the potential of being repurposed into a beautiful textile or garment”, says Ashita Singhal, designer, social entrepreneur and founder, Paiwand Studio, Noida, UP, near New Delhi, India’s capital.

The studio was founded with a grant from James McGuire Business Plan Competition (2018) for a project Ashita submitted during her post-graduation in Fashion Design at Pearl Academy, New Delhi. The submission was a textile woven with textile waste, and her proposal detailed setting up a studio where textile waste would be repurposed into artistic garments.


Image: Hand embroidery with textile fragments. Image courtesy of Paiwand Studio.

Since the inception of the studio in November 2018, Ashita has been collaborating with designers and design centres like Nila House, Jaipur, to have waste fabrics collected, washed and sorted. Then depending on the garment to be designed, the fragments are cut into strips, stitched to increase their length and woven on a loom. This fabric is then stitched into garments. The studio has repurposed waste cotton, linen, silk, organza, crepe, leather, tarpaulin and polythene

Exploring another facet of recycling and up-cycling, Ashita has started a new journey of creating stitches with waste strips on a solid base fabric. “We relooked at the craft of hand embroidery in our studio. Instead of threading the needle with virgin yarn, we give a new life to the bits and fragments discarded by the fashion industry by using them to embroider abstract patterns”.


Image: A garment designed with fabric woven with textile waste. Image courtesy of Paiwand Studio.

A long needle with a large eye is threaded with waste strips and stitches are worked on the base fabric that is stretched on a frame. This helps reuse any waste textiles from within the studio and has helped in expanding the studio’s product range to upholstery and soft furnishings.

“We hope to continue reusing waste fabrics in different ways. It is our way of creating awareness of the importance and urgency of reducing textile waste that pollutes the earth and oceans”.

Blog courtesy of Brinda Gill
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I am a fashion designer interested in upcycling and reusing, waste fabric. Currently, I focus on redesiging sarees into designer wear outfit and home decor items.

SarikaNovember 28, 2022

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