Conversation (2018 - 2020)

Clara first started this embroidered panel after a period of five months studying textiles in India. She was deeply inspired by the craftsmanship she had the privilege to witness and was struck by the painstaking detail of Indian miniature paintings. She was particularly attracted to the motif of the tree represented again and again throughout textiles and paintings. Inspired by the way each leaf was carefully drawn or embroidered in traditional Indian art, like a representation of divine Nature, she created this large-scale embroidery on silk.