(in photo: Padma II, Yantra Couture gown, captured by Madhu Van Paare)
This is an introduction into the “Fairytale of the Sun and Moon” body of work displayed in the runway presentation staged at Fashion Week Zagreb in May 2017:
The harmonising power of practices such as drawing Yantras and Mandalas, vibrating sacred sounds and using colour in therapy, etc. and their application in designing through the practices of Vastu shastra and Feng Shui is quite well known in our world that seems to be entering a future where humans are rather acquainted with the subtle existence of ‘energies’ and the techniques of working with them to create feelings of happiness and wellbeing .
I inherited ’invisible’ energy ‘awareness’ from my grandmother, and have been developing my intuition and knowledge of different levels of ‘being’ through yoga, meditation and studying eastern sciences for about 20 years.
In several previous posts (1, 2, 3) I described our adventures in designing nature friendly sculptural gowns, the patterns of which were created using intuitively chosen Yantra diagrams, colours, concepts and sound vibrations which corresponded with my designing intention.
Such are, for example, the “Mandala of Desires (Blue Lotus Wish Tree)”, designed according to the Goloka Yantra diagram and infused with mantras from the Sri Brahma Samhita:
(in photo: Mandali Mendrilla presenting the ‘Mandala of Desires’ at the grand opening of the Forms of Devotion exhibition in the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo at the Conde Duque in Madrid, Spain, 2016.)
The “Kamadhenu”, designed according to the Kamadhenu Yantra diagram:
(in photo: performance artist Snjezana Kovacic in ‘Kamadhenu’, captured by Branimir Kralj, 2016.)
And the “Yantra” study, with each dress corresponding a particular yantra diagram of its own with a purpose of bringing about a unique experience:
Love, Mandali
"THE MANDALA" 