Dastaan Goi

This series of monumental works developed alongside my early research for the Tanabana tapestries, taking inspiration from my family library and in particular  the Sabaq-Amoz Kahaniyan, exemplary tales shared for generations as moral stories to instil good character in children. Each story illustrates a particular lesson, serving either as a caution or as a salutary example to follow. 

Homing in closely on passages or characters in the books, each work brings their protagonists to life and clothes them in my Tanabana designs. Removed from their immediate narratives, these faceless figures connect to folk traditions of storytelling dating back thousands of years, and across continents. 

The works are a celebration of ornament and colour, combining drawing, collage and screen-printing in my most intricate and exuberant series to date.