Work > No Narrative Kantha Studies

Series of fabric collages using Kantha quilting techniques. Kantha comes from India where it is utilized to tell stories with fine embroidery using straight on cloth. My Kantha works contain no narrative and employ shibori, rust dyed and batik hand dyed fabrics pieced with found fabrics, hand embroidered with straight stitch with commercial and hand dyed threads. The menotonous action of stitching pushes the physical limitations of my hand which in turn dictates the regularity of stitch and changes in thread size and colour.

No Narrative Kantha Study 01
shibori dyed cottons and silk with found fabrics hand embroidered with hand dyed and commercial threads
10 x 7 inches
2013
No Narrative Kantha Study 02
hand dyed shibori cottons and silk with found fabrics hand embroidered with hand dyed and commercial threads
10 x 7 inches
2013
No Narrative Kantha Study 03
hand dyed shibori cottons and silk with found fabrics hand embroidered with hand dyed and commercial threads
13 x 8.5 inches
2013
No Narrative Kantha Study 04
hand dyed shibori cottons and silk with found fabrics hand embroidered with hand dyed and commercial threads
13 x 7.5 inches
2013
No Narrative Kantha Study 05
hand dyed shibori cottons and silk with found fabrics hand embroidered with hand dyed and commercial threads
11 x 9.5 inches
2013
No Narrative Kantha Study 06
hand dyed shibori, rust dyed, batik and hand printed cottons with found fabrics hand embroidered with hand dyed and commercial threads
13 x 9.5 inches
2013
No Narrative Kantha Study 07
hand dyed shibori, batik, rust dyed and hand printed cottons with found fabric hand embroidered with hand dyed and commercial threads
12.5 x 9.5 inches
2013