Weave. Connect. Create.

I recently collaborated with RSPB Sandwell Valley and Curl Girl Productions to deliver a two-part workshop set within the stunning Sandwell Nature Reserve. Together, we built a living Web of Life from wool, found natural treasures, and man-made objects, exploring climate, connection, and collective creativity in a bold, hands-on way.

Over the two sessions, we transformed our gathered materials into a powerful cyanotype mural, using sunlight to create striking blue imprints. Sun-Printed Web: Shadows of Connection was a participatory cyanotype project that sits at the intersection of my photographic practice, collaborative making, and my ongoing exploration of Maya (illusion) and Satya (truth). This work is rooted in visual metaphor and tactile processes, using photography not only as an image-making tool but as a way to think, gather, and reflect collectively.

This project used the cyanotype process—one of photography’s earliest and most elemental forms—as an alchemical act of revelation. Sunlight became both material and metaphor, exposing, fixing, and unifying the shadows of natural and human-made objects into a single blue field. It made visible the relationships we often overlook.

Working with South Asian elders, I foregrounded slowness, care, and embodied participation. The act of weaving a wool web, gathering objects, and exposing them to the sun mirrored philosophical ideas found across South Asian thought: that separation is an illusion, and that all forms exist within a shared, interconnected field.

The final cyanotype fabric operates as a contemporary Veil of Maya—translucent, delicate, and revealing rather than concealing. It holds the shadows of ecological care and disruption together, inviting viewers to see beyond fragmentation and towards interdependence. This work continues my broader practice of using photography as a meditative, ethical, and relational act.