Artist: Rashidah Salam
Title: Ashoka Flowers
Medium: Alpaca yarns, parchments paper on steel structure
Date: 2025
Dimensions: 33 inches diameter
Description:
The Ashoka Flowers three dimensional work was created to revive the Ashoka flowers patterns from the series of collections of my colorful and beaded embedded paintings in the show.
The patterns were drawn meticulously using the alpaca wool yarns glued on delicate parchment papers. The selected patterns in the sculpture were embossed one by one by filing the pieces with the batting materials for the soft puffy cushy effects. All the parts of the patterns, flat patterns and puffy patterns were assembled into a new patterns on a circular steel structure. I wanted to create a three-dimensional patterns that grows and moves in a circular path and flow. The raw materials used and the neutral color palette were to symbolize a renewal, the new beginning. The mirror was placed at the center of the flower for the reflection.
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