Enumerating aestheics by dint of textiles
RUTIKA JAIN Visual Artist and Textile Designer
Rutika Jain is a visual artist and a textile designer running her studio called Ikka Home where she translates spaces into cohesive ambience by using textiles to add aesthetic and practical elements to interiors. “While growing up, I was always inspired by travel-based work culture, as my dad had such a profession. This gave me the freedom to explore a lot of possibilities. With an inclination towards fashion and trends, I took up visual arts as my subject in formal education, after which I specialized in textiles. While studying, I worked with a couple of interesting people and organizations that helped me garnish myself,” says Rutika.
Rutika’s work has been acknowledged at Elle Slovenia Fashion Week, where her textile project talked about inspiration of forms from interiors and lights. Her passion for design was channelized during her university days at FTII where she garnered a chance to work on set design projects for theater productions as well as creative stylist for Femina India, a fashion magazine. She honed her skills and learned how to manage the varied concepts designers presented to her while mending and styling into beautiful masterpieces. “I am excited about opportunities to meet different people, with different mindsets which allow me to create different ideas, working around the requirements.”
Based on the principles of layering, Ikka Home combines a range of furnishing styles, fabrics and textures into one aesthetically pleasing product that completes the vision that an interior designer or architect may be aiming for.
WHILE GROWING UP, I WAS ALWAYS INSPIRED BY TRAVEL-BASED WORK CULTURE, AS MY DAD HAD SUCH A PROFESSION. THIS GAVE ME THE FREEDOM TO EXPLORE A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES. WITH AN INCLINATION TOWARDS FASHION AND TRENDS, I TOOK UP VISUAL ARTS AS MY SUBJECT IN FORMAL EDUCATION, AFTER WHICH I SPECIALIZED IN TEXTILES. WHILE STUDYING, I WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF INTERESTING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELPED ME GARNISH MYSELF.”