My artworks are influenced by the textiles industry in Pakistan and incorporate various elements of colour, texture and pattern. Techniques include weaving with mixed media to methods of dyeing fabric such as batik as well as digital photography. My Pakistani cultural heritage has influenced me through the use of rich colour. The beauty and detail of the traditional Shalwaar Kameez, and different fabrics from Pakistan influenced my works as I am surrounded with these bright colours, designs and patterns. This is evident in the wedding dancers series I created with acrylic paint, which was inspired by the intricate designs of fabrics and photographs I took at a Pakistani wedding.

 

 I have highlighted the cultural fashion and lifestyle of Pakistan, as evident in monoprints of women wearing traditional Pakistani clothes in contemporary and traditional locations, fused with fabrics that I created using a marbling effect, further embellished with highlights of embroidery and stitched beading. This can be viewed in various artworks, with each one depicting a different effect, such as Family at the Mall and Mangoes at the Market. Further research shows similarities between my figures to the simplicity and line work of Edvard Munch. Practicing these techniques helped me develop various skills and combine them to create more elaborate mixed media works, such as my weaving titled Coastal Interweave I extended the use of mixed textiles to found objects including zippers, mesh, lace and plastic to create a weaving piece of an abstract coastal landscape on a cut up canvas, which was inspired by an Indian artist, Boshudhara Mukherjee.