Dancing Peacocks
2007/8
Sample
w28cm x h28cm
Inspiration: Traditional kantha designs
Techniques: kantha with sheesha
Tussar silk ground with silk thread and mirrors
Textiles
Steps in a Dance
2007/8
Sample
w28.5cm x h27.5cm
Inspiration: Circles depicting the steps in a dance
Techniques: Kantha with sheesha
Tussar silk ground with silk thread and mirrors
Phulkari Sampler
2007
Wall hanging exhibited with the New Embroidery Group
w46.5cm x h99cm
Inspiration: Contemporary take on a collection of traditional phulkari textiles
Techniques: Phulkari
Evenweave furnishing weight linen with perle cotton thread
A Girl with a Singing Bird
2006
Wall hanging exhibited in Creative Dialogues, a Textile Study Group exhibition at the Bankfield Museum, Halifax
w89cm x h75cm
Inspiration: Personal symbols informed by traditional kantha designs
Techniques: Kantha
Sari muslin with varigated dyed cotton thread
Donkey in the Hut
2006
Sample
w20.5cm x h20cm
Inspiration: Bengali folk art
Techniques: Kantha
Sari muslin
Marigold
2006
Sampler
w27cm x h37cm
Inspiration: Breaking up traditional designs for a contemporary 'look'
Techniques: Phulkari
Evenweave cotton (Kadi) with cotton threads.
Sampler
2006
Wall hanging
w48cm x h70cm
Inspiration: Distribution of random colour around a traditional eight petal flower design
Techniques: Phulkari
Ground of evenweave linen with cotton thread
Ceramic Tiles
2006
Sample
w45cm x h76cm
Inspiration: William De Morgan tiles
Techniques: Phulkari
Ground of evenweave linen with cotton thread
Game of Chopat
2005
Mat
w26-5cm x h24.5cm
Inspiration: Examples of Banjara seen in a workshop at Joss Graham's gallery
Techniques: Traditional Banjara stitches
Red cotton ground with cotton thread
Ganesh
2005/6
Sample
w45.5cm x h38cm
Inspiration: Traditional kantha designs and temple wall hangings
Techniques: Kantha
Cotton ground with cotton thread