Daily Memories, Curtain design developed from the drawings made during a community art project, 30 x 150 cm
The traditional Maharashtrian quilts were made up of their old sarees by the elderly ladies of the family/ Grandmas. These quilts have the smell and softer feel of grandma’s used old sarees and subsequently her memories. In Maharashtra it is called ‘Aajichi Godhadi (grandma’s quilt)’ and it has a great emotional value general psyche. These quilts act as a collage of memories, as each layer or patch of fabric carries several stories embedded in it. Exploring these multi-layered narratives embedded in fabrics, I wanted to work on these memories which can be felt but can’t be seen.
I worked with craftswomen Parvati, Tehsin, Sharada and Archana. We started with a discussion of our daily routines. It was an icebreaker to acknowledge the daily challenges and accomplishments. I asked them to visualize their day and draw the objects from their daily memories. It encompassed drawings from kitchen utensils to the objects of daily religious/cultural rituals. Using fabric cut-outs of these forms I worked on developing fabric assemblage where those cut-out fabric patches are pack in two outer layers of plain fabrics. This composition reacts to the light and the forms are only visible against light.
My attempt was to formalize the intangibility of the memories though this composition of fabric assemblage, where experience is conditional to certain situation. In this case, the invisible presence of memories can only be experienced against light.
I worked with craftswomen Parvati, Tehsin, Sharada and Archana. We started with a discussion of our daily routines. It was an icebreaker to acknowledge the daily challenges and accomplishments. I asked them to visualize their day and draw the objects from their daily memories. It encompassed drawings from kitchen utensils to the objects of daily religious/cultural rituals. Using fabric cut-outs of these forms I worked on developing fabric assemblage where those cut-out fabric patches are pack in two outer layers of plain fabrics. This composition reacts to the light and the forms are only visible against light.
My attempt was to formalize the intangibility of the memories though this composition of fabric assemblage, where experience is conditional to certain situation. In this case, the invisible presence of memories can only be experienced against light.