Women's Textile Designs Inspired by the Heritage of the Asir Region

Abstract

Small projects are among the most important projects that bring economic benefit to societies, especially developing societies, because of their effective role in training young people, investing in their energies, and urging them to establish their own small production units, which contributes to eliminating the problem of unemployment. The current research aims to benefit from the aesthetics of the Asiri heritage. To create women's designs that preserve the authenticity of the past, This has led to an interest in teaching industrial designers how to adopt inspiration from the decorations of Asiri art and the various types that this art includes, whether geometric or botanical, as a source of innovative and sustainable design in the field of clothing and fashion, through designs characterized by aesthetic and artistic values. Accordingly, we have made several designs. Suitable for use in clothing, inspired by the decorations of Asiri art in an abstract style, using the experimental descriptive approach. The research relied on basic axes, which are women’s designs and the Saudi heritage art motifs and their combination. The results of the research showed that fabrics can be used to make women’s designs derived from Saudi Asiri art motifs and benefit from them in the field of small projects and employ them in innovative plastic formulations that combine simplicity and modernity, both in terms of The prepared design aspect or method of performance.