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Cyanotype on Cotton Fabric
52X40 inches
Exposure time: 10 minutes each
Kantha embroidery with red and white synthetic thread
Stitched together with white synthetic thread
Collaborators (Self-Portraits): Women at Shelter Home, Mumbai (Names concealed intentionally)
Collaborators (Embroidery and Stitching): Sonika Pulluru

Though unplanned, when the artist first held the stitched patchwork sheet, an impulse arose to wrap herself in it, to honor and tenderly embrace each individual whose self-expression it embodied. As she wrapped herself within the sheet, it became woven into her own sense of self—a personal expression interlaced with the stories it held.
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