“When I was studying at the Rhode Island school of Design, I experienced a moment while weaving in which I was disappearing. Only the act of weaving remained. The piece produced by that experience was extraordinary, beyond any possible description.

That moment became the heart and the meaning of my work.

When touching the yarns, when dyeing with the plants, when throwing the shuttles, no matter where I am, in India, Japan or the United States, I disappear. Emptiness occurs, the absence of thought, this is what allows me to create.

In composing my works, I only use natural pigments — I try to cultivate almost everything I need to obtain them — and all my yarns are handspun using methods that are ancientand instruments that are beautiful to look at, to touch and produce hypnotic sounds and rhythms.

I like playing with the yarns, letting them be free even on the loom. The various yarns all have their own specific character; they adapt and change when close to each other. I like to observe how they react when differing tensions are placed upon them and when their situations are changed.

I’m fascinated and curious to discover how the fabrics I created for this exhibition at Assab One will react to this space, to this new light, to this environment that for them is unknown.”