Drawing all breaths together Collage

This piece comes from a series titled ‘Where does the pain go, when it goes away’ The artwork is done on textiles traditionally used within the household and usually made by woman. They sit in tea trays or they are used to wipe away tears and noses (handkerchiefs). The choice of embroidering pages of my journal on such intimate pieces of textiles was me trying to convey the fragility of past experiences. Dass views her own experiences whilst understanding that race and gender effect the artistic process, the rethinking of the culture and psychological spaces that are traditionally assigned to women of colour is a part of this visual investigation. Drawing inspiration from Hindu mythology and ritual alongside reconfigured experiences from her childhood into an imaginative realm