Artwork Collection

Moonfall

I am proposing my body of work called Moonfall (working title), a series of costume masks and hats that are imaginative interpretations of what people on the moon might look like or wear. These costumes are inspired by my longing for companionship with the moon as the days become darker. Using black and white rope to represent the opposite sides of the moon, I then break that dichotomy by stitching them together with grey thread and using the act of tying to attach them together.

Moon Textiles Costume Artifact Masks Craft Stitching Labour Worship Mythology

Textiles

Lunarhand

White cotton rope stitched with rope and coated in bee's wax

Textiles

Moonchild

Black and white rope stitched together with linen and then coated with bee's wax

Textiles

Moonshell

White rope stitched with linen thread and coated in bee's wax, over pleated indigo dyed cloth.

Textiles

Phasechild

Black and White rope hand stitched together with linen thread and coated in bee's wax

Work by

Akash Inbakumar

Textiles, Interdisciplinary

“Moonfall, a series of costume masks and hats that are imaginative interpretations of what people on the moon might look like. These costumes are inspired by my longing for companionship with the moon...” [More]