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Colvale youngster Ornella Menezes recently created statement crochet jewellery for the Schulen Fernandes for Wendell Rodricks \u2018Zentangle\u2019 Collection which featured at the Lotus Make-up India Fashion Week in Delhi. She shares more with NT BUZZ<\/p>\n
CHRISTINE MACHADO | NT BUZZ<\/strong><\/p>\n Up until September last year, Ornella Menezes had never tried her hand at creating crochet jewellery. In fact, the thought had never crossed her mind. Introduced to the art as a child by her mother, Menezes used to enjoy crocheting table pieces, flowers, candle holders, etc. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.8″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.8″] Colvale youngster Ornella Menezes recently created statement crochet jewellery for the Schulen Fernandes for Wendell Rodricks \u2018Zentangle\u2019 Collection which featured at the Lotus Make-up India Fashion Week in Delhi. She shares more with NT BUZZ CHRISTINE MACHADO | NT BUZZ Up until September last year, Ornella Menezes had never tried […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aspire-inspire","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1899,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions\/1899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBut a visit by fashion designer Wendell Rodricks, changed things. \u201cI showed him my work when he came over to my house and he told me that we should do something together,\u201d says the Colvale- based Menezes, 19. While Menezes initially created crochet flowers, Rodricks suggested that she try to make something asymmetrical. Thus, she came up with the idea of doing a pair of spiral earrings. On Rodricks\u2019 suggestion, these were to get bigger in size as they went lower. \u201cI had never done something like this but I decided to give it a try,\u201d says Menezes. The piece was part of the Schulen Fernandes for Wendell Rodricks \u2018Zentangle\u2019 Collection, which featured at the Grand Finale show in Delhi at the Lotus Make-up India Fashion Week.
\n\u201cI had never seen crochet used on the ramp before and it got me thinking about how this art can be used to create more things,\u201d says Menezes. Interestingly, her mother too had previously created a delicate hair accessory for Rodricks back in 1995 which featured on the Femina magazine.
\nAs part of their \u2018Festive Edit\u2019, in December, and with an aim of supporting slow fashion and promoting local artists, the Wendell Rodricks Design Space, Campal also showcased a special range of her crochet jewellery like statement earrings, necklaces and bracelets, all done in fun colours.
\n\u201cI looked up the internet for inspiration only, as we don\u2019t copy designs. Wendell also helped me in coming up with designs,\u201d says Menezes, who now wants to experiment more with the art. \u201cI would like to make a leg accessory with crochet. It will be something different,\u201d she says.
\nAnd Menezes\u2019 talents are not restricted just to crochet. The youngster who is pursuing her Bachelors in Science at St Xavier\u2019s College, Mapusa is also a trained classical jazz singer and a keyboard teacher. \u201cI started learning the keyboard when I was eight years old. After I joined the Stuti Choral Ensemble choir last year, I was fascinated with the piano and decided to learn the instrument too. Musician Jason Quadros is teaching me,\u201d says Menezes, who is currently working on some new crochet designs to put up at the Wendell Rodricks Design Space.<\/p>\n