Rachna Garodia
Rachna Garodia trained at the prestigious National Institute of Design in India and The Royal School of Needlework in London. Her work predominantly involves hand embroidery and weaving. Her visual language continues to evolve, combining echoes of her life in India with the experience of living in London for the past 15 years.
Her commissioned pieces are held in private collections in India, London and America. Rachna’s book ‘Contemporary Weaving in Mixed Media’ published by Batsford, is out this September.
Rachna Garodia’s work is informed by observing the natural world, constantly changing, yet still. Her tapestries seek to bring the “outside” in, evoking the simple pleasures of a woodland walk, changing seasons or just inspiration from nature around me. The intricately woven textures are akin to viewing a landscape, capturing the atmosphere, tone, and emotion from her daily walks. Material exploration - bringing unexpected textures together in a warp has always been the starting point for her work. She juxtaposes cotton, linen, silk, nettle, hemp and wool with found materials like paper, bark, seedpods, twigs etc. All the weaves are unique and bespoke; each one takes shape slowly in her studio in west London and is later crafted into screens, space dividers and framed textile art.
