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'Weighted Culture' (2025)

Henna and Pen on Fabric, 30x40cm

This wearable piece conveys the weight can be carried, due to your cultural identity. With a mixed heritage, of English and Pakistani, there can be a range of positives and struggles that come with it. In some cases, you can be not enough or too much of either side. I created this work to showcase the metaphorical weight I carry, in a literal manner, using henna and text.

Front of tote bag, with the word identity in the centre surrounded by henna patterns
List of sentences connected to my identity, reflecting on cultural experience

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