Below are a collection of drawings’ I did from what inspired me when I visited Masala Zone in Covent Gardens, London.  

Been inspired by my visit to Masala Zone. Covent Gardens, London. Below are photographs from my Indian Circus Collection.        

Photographs showing samples I made for Premier Vision, the Textiles Trade Exhibition in Paris.

Yesterday and today I started screen printing my designs’ for my journals. I printed onto thick cotton as I wanted to get a vintage crafted look; I also printed onto to found fabrics 🙂

Here I have started embellishing into my screen prints, I have looked at designers Peter Clark and Christina Romeo to influence my work & Ted Baker’s SS14 Collection for detail and colour inspiration.   

My Bazaar Collection – Inspiration 

Started my final year project today ‘My Bazaar Collection’ inspired by my ethnic finds, jewellary & ornaments. B A Z A A R; a name for market place in the middle east.

My Bazaar Collection – Development (1) 

COLOUR,  S H A P E , Pattern, PRINT & Process.  

My Bazaar Collection – Develoment (2)

Design compositions and  i d e a s.                Copyright ZAHRA AKTHAR

My Bazaar Collection – Development (3) 

Beginning to screenprint and embellish into samples.            

Degree Show – Set Up 

A few behind the scenes of my degree show set up.