Author: khushboo7

Watercolours on Paper On my first flight of life from India to the UK, the European land beneath me was off-limits. I flew like a bird, yet unlike them, I couldn’t touch down, not today but any other day, Not only that ground, but the sea, was forbidden to me and to many others like…

Indigo on cotton and linen fabric A textile painted collage tracing the production colonial history of Indigo in India and East India company. The images are derived from the archival and library research of Indigo trade in London. The work was created in the studios built on the site of former propeller factory that manufactured…

The Epic of Mah MelPaintings on handmade Japanese paper and prints on Japanese paper

UntitledPlant-based pigments on Cotton Khaadi paper

Painting and stitching on Khadi paper

A set of 80 ceramic containers | 2024 These ceramic containers made with sgraffito and underglaze painting, filled with a tea concoction, are a part of the interactive installation of the project Meh Mal. The story embedded in mark making and symbols on the ceramic surface comes to life with a ritualistic step-by-step ceremony performed…

Hostile Home | 2023 Medium: Hand-felted merino wool Dimensions: 23.4 x 33.1 inches The piece Hostile Home is an oxymoron, where the textural surface of the work reminds of the warmth and safety attached to the word home, and the blue & red wool colours resemble marks of bruises, injuries, and violence that may or…

The Land of the Green Sky | 2023 Medium: Plant dyes, fuller’s earth and archival glue on Khaadi Paper placed on dyed synthetic wool Dimensions: 8.3 x 11.7 inches each This ongoing series is painted from photographs taken of different grounds and floors that are manipulated to mimic the aerial and topographical view of some…

Whispers of the past | 2023 Medium: Hand-felted merino wool and hand-embroidered stitching Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.2 ft This tactile piece traces the global journey of wool, collected from various regions, cleaned and processed primarily in Eastern Asia, and then returned—now blended with wool from other origins—for further refinement. This artwork highlights the complex, intertwined…