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Pearl Academ Pearl Academy of Fashion presents "Cre-A-Craft"
~ Crafts Workshop at Chettinad Vidyashram ~
Chennai, August 8th, 2007: Pearl Academy students and faculty have joined hands with schools in Chennai to organize a series of one-day craft training workshops for school students. The first such workshop – Cre-A-Craft – was organized at Chettinad Vidhyashram School, Chennai this week. More than 47 students of Class XII attended this workshop.
The workshop started off with Pearl Academy faculty showcasing how to convert a sketch into a design and then to a real product. The workshop highlighted designing with 3D effects to creations and then sourcing desired material to ideas depicted.
One of the interesting and innovative concepts that students enjoyed was making jewellery with the Banana Fibre. All students attempted to create gifts, jewellery, and trinkets out of the Banana fibre.
Applauding students’ commendable works, Mr. Bavani Shankar Principal, Chettinad Vidhyashram, said, “Institutes like Pearl Academy of Fashion have a very important role to play for our traditional knowledge systems and their associated cultural industries. The art and fashion fraternity need to drive grass root development strategies, generate ideas and prototypes that rework our heritage as a viable paradigm for growth and socioeconomic recovery”.
He further added, “We are happy to be associated with Pearl Academy. The training which Chettinad Vidhyashram students are receiving is commendable and will help them if they are looking at graphics, fashion designing, communication designing, textile designing as a career.”
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. S. Ramalingham–Director, Pearl Academy of Fashion said, “PAF has attempted to bring together Design faculty, Design student and School students on a common platform through such workshops. Such an initiative will help school students to explore their hidden talents and career opportunities beyond conventional streams.”
This workshop was conducted with the idea to develop student’s conceptual skills in a stress free environment. Students were encouraged to develop and share their ideas. This sort of exposure is helping students to identify their strengths and interests and guide them accordingly. In future, the Academy is planning to host a series of exhibitions on different themes for their students which will educate them with the intricacies of their courses.
About Pearl Academy of Fashion
Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF) is a premiere industry oriented design institute in India. From an institute, which started with 47 students in 1993, the Academy currently has over 1000 students on its roll and well-equipped campuses in Delhi, Jaipur and Chennai. The Academy has active networking with national and international organisations, besides membership in prestigious bodies like the International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes, National Retail Federation, USA and the Fashion Design Council of India. PAF Chennai campus was set up in March 2006 in the heart of the city housing entire gamut of facilities required. Currently, PAF Chennai is offering the following courses: 2 years Post graduate diploma programmes in - Textile Design (Home Fashion) - Fashion Merchandising - Fashion Retailing 2 years undergraduate programmes in - Fashion Design - Fashion Merchandising and Production. |
