Whispers of the past | 2023

Medium: Hand-felted merino wool and hand-embroidered stitching

Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.2 ft

The tactile piece is inspired by the trade journey of the wool that is collected in different parts of the world and is cleaned and processed mostly in Eastern Asia from where processed wool which now probably would have mixed with wools of the same type originating from different places; is sent back to the locations from where the wool was sent for further processing. The chain stitches are broken archival maps of the colonial trade routes connecting Europe to present Asia and South Asia.