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Screen of Wishes
Threads that have been taken apart from a sari and then glued together and a sari in the back
14 Feet H X 3 Feet W X 3 Feet D
2002

At Sufi Shrines in South Asia one makes a wish by tying a piece of string to a window screen. I have fused threads together as a symbol of this practice. Behind this screen is a silk sari - symbolic of my wish to know more about my heritage