Concocting things with varied ideas
Sabya Sanchi Munda is a Textile Designer currently located in Delhi, India. She has a bachelor’s degree in Textile Design from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. She has attended an Exchange course as well in Textile Design from Hochschule Hof University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
She has worked as an intern in Jharcraft (Ranchi), Bharat Silks (Bengaluru), Destorio Concept Pvt Ltd (Bengaluru) and Fibrres and Weaves (Bengaluru). She was involved in a non-textile project with IBP (Institute of Bio Polymer) in Germany. Further she worked in a full time job in M A Trading Company, Uttar Pradesh which specialises in rug making and caters mostly to the US market. Presently, she is working in the role of a Marketing Manager at The Ambiente Rugs in Delhi which is supported by Bhadohi carpets.
Hailing from Ranchi, Sabya attended Delhi Public School. She owes her career to opting Fine Art as an extra subject in school. The fine art class had calligraphy, wood cutting, sculpture making, clay art etc. which compelled her to think of Art as a career option which until then was just an extracurricular activity and hobby for her. In college curriculum most of her inspirations were from her indigenous roots like Sohrai paintings.
Munda enjoys the research field work where she can directly engage with people and their perspectives on things. Group projects are exciting to her as it can draw an amalgamation of different ideas into one place. Her graduation project was about creating a Spring-Summer collection for Destorio Concept and Fibrres and Weaves.