We Are …..?

The work drew inspiration from the sustainable traditional practice of Kantha stitch originated in Bengal, India. Initially, Kantha began as a medium to repurpose old sarees into blankets for newborns, embodying a deep-rooted sustainability ethos. Over the time, this practice has now evolved to creating designer sarees, handbags, stoles, and more.

The shift however, has empowered artisans practicing Kantha works. But it is the over consumption by capitalist consumers, that the cheaper alternatives are challenging and overshadowing the sustainability values of Kantha stitch.

The works exhibited in a group exhibition ‘If Henna Could Speak’ at Toynbee Hall, London,  subject repercussion of the consumer’s surging buying capacity which is central to the capitalist society we live in. The consumer’s capitalist attitude, however, boosts economic growth but contradictory to that, it generates heaps of landfills, adversely altering and affecting our ecosystem.