Author: khushboo7
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Historical Threads
Threads of History | 2023 Medium: Dissolvable embroidery Dimensions: 8.3 x 11.7 inches This cartographical collage is a counter-mapping practice that juxtaposes precolonial, colonial, postcolonial, and contemporary maps of the old walled city of Ahmedabad, India. Created using archival maps from the British Library from India Office’s Survey of India collection, the artwork reveals shifting…
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Ruins of an Abandoned Land
Ruins of an Abandoned land | 2020 Medium: Plant-based dyes, ink and gouache on handmade khadi paper Dimensions: 15.5 x 32.5 inch
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Walking on the Broken Road
Walking on the Broken Roads | 2020 Medium: Plant-based dyes on handmade khadi paper Dimensions: 19.6 x 44.5 inch
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Retelling of the Story
The retelling of the story | 2020 Medium: Plant-based dyes, ink and gouache on handmade khadi paper Dimensions: 21 x 44 inch
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Uninhabitated
Uninhabited | 2019 – 2020 Medium: Watercolors on handmade khadi paper Dimensions: 9.5 x 35 inch
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The Call of The Birds
The Call of the birds | 2019 – 2020 Medium: Watercolors on handmade khadi paper Dimensions: 9.5 x 35 inch
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A Neighbourhood in the Cloud
A neighbourhood in the cloud | 2019 Medium: Ink on paper cut handmade khadi paper Dimensions: 15 x 32.5 inch
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There’s No Soul Left in my City
There is no soul left in my city | 2020 Medium: Watercolors, colored pencil, & ink on handmade khadi paper Dimensions: 13.8 x 44.5 inch
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The Perfect Fit
The Perfect Fit | 2022 Medium: Pencil colours on paper Dimensions: 11.5 x 8 inch note: The drawings of a pond and terrestrial flowers served as a tool to understand and re-experience the emotions of entering a new territory or a place and finding one’s place in a new environment whilst forming new relationships.
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Ek Tha Teetar Ek Batair
Ek tha teetar ek batair (1-9) | 2022 Medium: plant-based dyes, wire mash and stitching on paper Dimensions: 9.5-inch diameter Note: The 9-piece series explores human relations and the formation of fictive or chosen kinships and co-existence. Its title is derived from a popular nursery rhyme in Urdu of the same name where teeter and…