Rahnuma explores the idea of guidance through repetition, pattern, and inherited visual language. The composition draws from the geometry of South Asian architecture and the ornamental traditions of textile and embroidery, translating these familiar forms into a sculptural language of wood and thread.
At the center of each architectural form is a woven grid, surrounded by rhythmic geometric pathways and dimensional botanical elements. The repeated structures suggest movement through a landscape; an invitation to follow, pause, and find one’s way. The floral forms become markers along this imagined path, connecting the work to gardens, ornament, and the enduring relationship between nature and architecture in South Asian design.
For me, Rahnuma speaks to the ways we are guided by what we inherit: patterns, traditions, stories, and places that remain with us even as we move away from them. Through the transformation of embroidery into wood and the layering of craft with architectural form, the work becomes a meditation on belonging, cultural memory, and the search for a path between where we come from and where we are going.
