I realised there were plants that needed watering
Large quilt and series of photographic prints
Fabric Quilting and Giclee prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper
Dimensions: Quilt 263x183cm, Six framed prints 60cm diameter
In 2012 whilst on a visit to Kala Raksha Trust in the Kutch region of India Jacqueline met Meghiben Meriya and Raniben Bhanani, two of the founding members of Kala Raksha. Each is internationally recognised as patchwork designers creating narrative artwork. On meeting the artists discussed personal histories; Meghiben talked of her life in the village and through her quiltmaking how she mapped place through personal history; from the village of her birth, Ratnal to life in Samsasar. Raniben was born in Nagar Parkar, Pakistan and migrated to India in 1972. She lived in a refugee camp gainingIndian citizenship after eight years. After the earthquake of 2001, she was one of the first women to create personally expressive narrative work.
Jacqueline's intention was to develop maps of the women’s current everyday domestic life. These maps would focus on a celebration of the everyday, making visible daily chores and thoughts often considered of little relevance and invisible from view. It was also significant that Meghiben and Raniben took the lead in the creative dialogue between all three artists. They defined themes for their maps andJacqueline then respond to the activities charted once the quilt was completed.
The series of photographs exhibited were made in response to the artist receiving news of her father’s diagnosis of cancer. She contemplated Raniben and Megiben’s lyrical thoughts on the importance of simple acts such as watering plants and feeding birds during times of hardship and pain.
This work will be exhbited in 2016 as part of the Tall Tales Exhibition touring London, Rochdale and Glasgow from March-December 2016
The work was included in the exhibition The Fire and The Rose in November 2014 as part of Asia Triennial Festival in Manchester, England.
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