About Me

 Mashal Zahra is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Lahore, Pakistan. She is a specialist in conceptual design idea generation and development and print design techniques. Trained in Textiles, she graduated from Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, Lahore in June 2017.
Her work is informed by the curiosity that resides within her, and often driven by the desire to capture a certain abstract emotion or a fleeting moment in time in a tangible form. It is also possible to see the influence of her keen interest in melancholic themes like heritage, past, nostalgia, memory, antiquity, and the joys of finding inspiration in your own surrounding.
Her background in textiles and design tangibly relates to her art, exploring the relationship between pattern, surface, and color. Hence much of the work is formulated in mixed media succumbing the boundaries of conventional practicality in textile and art.
Apart from her skill in various textile techniques her art and design practice expand to her personal interest in graphic design as well as product design reflecting concepts of sustainability and the need for circular economy.
She is currently teaching foundation and advanced level design courses at Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, for the past 3 years in the department of Textile Design. Where she has had the opportunity to design courses and curriculums for students. As well as constantly developing her personal practice.