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When art meets textile
Designer Manzoor Hussain, a fine arts graduate, has been working since 30 years, is creating a visual language on textiles. He has been constantly working with contemporary artists like Laxma Goud among others.
Manzoor Hussain teams up with artists A Rajeswara Rao and Sajid Bin Amar to weave magic of art on textiles and the result is amazing
Designer Manzoor Hussain, a fine arts graduate, has been working since 30 years, is creating a visual language on textiles. He has been constantly working with contemporary artists like Laxma Goud among others.
Recently, about six months back Manzoor decided to team up with artists A Rajeswara Rao and Sajid Bin Amar to create the contours of art on bed covers, designer dresses, cushion covers, table cloth, table mat and napkins. The same were exhibited at the Chitramayee State Gallery of Fine Arts recently.
The artwork of Rajeshwara Rao comes from the pictorial view of the balconies of the Old City in and around Charminar. These include the balconies and ornate doors more locally known as ‘Nawab Saheb Ka Darwaza’.
Sajid Bin Amar has brought in the delicate lines of drawing, depicting landscapes of nature onto the fabric. The process of creating these products started with the artists making ‘paper cut’ designs, which were then created on fabric by Manzoor Hussain. Manzoor has always found a deep interest to combine the art of painting and the expertise of textile design.
Recalling his stint with textiles Manzoor says, “I completed my course of ‘Commercial Art’ from the then Jawaharlal Nehru College of Fine Arts. But destiny never took me to work in any advertising agency.
In the year 1987, I joined Doordarshan and had the good fortune of being introduced to Laxma Goud. He saw some talent in me and recommended me to a textile design firm. And that’s how my tryst with textiles started.”
Most of Manzoor’s designs are printed in black colour and he states that they sell like hot cakes. “I also use different colours like brown and green for my other designs but the prints in black colour have always been a hot seller.
I have displayed my products in Kerala, Pune, Mumbai and Chennai. North India has still not been explored by me. The biggest problem in this business today is the lack of trusted manpower.
When I find time, I also indulge in a lot of crafts like patchwork and paperwork,” he shares.
