Marigold tapestry, 12 × 4 grid
A hand-loomed cotton tapestry built around a strict marigold grid.
- Medium
- Cotton warp, wool weft
- Year
- 2024
- Dimensions
- 60 cm × 90 cm
- Palette
- #FF6B6B #FFD93D #A7F3D0 #000000
Driving across Karnataka during the **monsoon**, you pass entire fields staged for temple festivals — marigold heads spread on tarps to dry, arranged in grids by the women sorting them. I never forgot how much the order amplified the chroma; a single marigold is bright, a thousand marigolds in a grid are deafening. This tapestry is my attempt to keep some of that volume on a wall.
Notes on making
Plain weave on a 16-shaft floor loom. The yellow circles are tufted by hand after weaving; the green squares are inlaid weft floats. Twelve hours of weaving plus another seven to tuft.