Altered is an on-going project between myself, my translator and Rafoo Masters in Northern India. The project touches on family life, assimilation, translation, mending and the hidden economy. All proceeds from the Altered Project return to Northern India as donations to prominent NGO’s.

The Altered Project began under the mentorship of artist Priya Ravish Mehra in 2013 in New Delhi, India. She invited me into her studio to respond to the idea of creating through Rafoo (darning). Using my paper inlay work as a starting place, I experimented with the implications of mending and recreating wholeness that darning evokes. The darned structure shapes allude to both physical and emotional shifts families experience as they grow.

TANYA HASTINGS GILL

TANYA HASTINGS GILL