Jade Verticil
Andéol is the very special side project of Think Positive designer Emilie Cacace. Her recent lookbook is a record of her time in India, shooting her collection of digitally-printed silk scarves on the beautiful people of the Rajasthani desert.
In the introduction to her lookbook she explains:
Each scarf from Andéol’s collection ‘Vedas Maya’ is created from photographs taken in Guatemala, where the last collection ‘Symmetry in Chaos’ was shot. Everything from textures, textiles, peeling paint, flowers, tiles, people and places were captured to be used as the basis of each print artwork. Andéol is about discovering a new place every year and each collection is an abstract expression of these experiences. By creating each collection from travel photos and keepsakes and taking them on a new adventure, Andéol hopes to reflect the intrinsic spirit of the place that inspired its creation, while exploring somewhere new.
Both India and Guatemala are unique cultures, but often in life when things are right cosmic connections and coincidences arise, if you look hard enough. The ancient Mayan people of Guatemala have predicted a powerful evolutionary change will occur when the earth reaches the end of a great cycle marked by the alignment of the December solstice sun with the Galactic Centre (the rotational centre of the Milky Way) on the 21st December 2012. Their predictions were derived from ancient cosmology, beyond occult superstition or religious prophecy, that are still popular beliefs across Central America.
For the astrologers of the ancient Hindu scriptures, the Vedas, these rare occurrences of alignment were also considered important markers in the Vedic calendar, signifying new periods of transition. That both civilisations recognised the existence of the Galactic Centre with their naked eye (the exact coordinates were not found until 1918) and monitored our periodic alignment is a striking connection between two cultures that had had no contact.
Modern researchers have interpreted these mysterious periods of transition with varying degrees of concern. Many have warned of an impending apocalypse, while others predict a new state of consciousness. Whatever is in store for 2012 Andéol hopes to continue exploring new ways of thinking and expressions of living.
For the rest of her lookbook and collection, click to see
left, Amla Thatch; right Thistle Thatch
left, Gavi’s Wall; right, Thread Rhombus
left, Indikon Stack; right, Fusch’s Stack
left, Violet Heart; right, Tuile
left, Red Bus; right, Tulsi Tobha
left, Hara Sisal; right, Neela Sisal
left, Crayola Whorl; right, Kamadeva’s Arrow
left, Jade Verticil; right, Rope Weave
left, Purple Atomic; right, Aditi Atomic
left, Pista Calyx; right, Lilac Calyx
