Specializing in textile art in Portland, Iram Asghar's work focuses on creating tactile explorations of emotional states of being through a process of meditative sewing and quilting. Attempting to make sense of generations of internal clutter through stitching external clusters of trash.
Connecting to ancestral healing. Themes of addiction, poverty, barren wombs and blood.
Connecting to ancestral healing. Themes of addiction, poverty, barren wombs and blood.
Mend me I am broken Break me so I can change I feel pretty when I am broken Because I'm pretty when I'm strong Dimensions: 12.5"W x 28.5"H Materials: Found textiles (combination of crocheted fabric, lace, cotton, canvas and various synthetic fabric combinations), embroidery floss, cotton thread, yarn, driftwood and wire.
Mend me I am broken Break me so I can change I feel pretty when I am broken Because I'm pretty when I'm strong Dimensions: 12.5"W x 28.5"H Materials: Found textiles (combination of crocheted fabric, lace, cotton, canvas and various synthetic fabric combinations), embroidery floss, cotton thread, yarn, driftwood and wire.
A practice in radical healing and honesty. Embroidering affirmations and emotions onto clothing. Continuing to work with discarded textiles and found thread.
A practice in radical healing and honesty. Embroidering affirmations and emotions onto clothing. Continuing to work with discarded textiles and found thread.
Dimensions: 26"H x 13"W Materials: Drift wood, found tulle, yarn, corduroy, cotton, linen, crochet sample and nylon.
Dimensions: 26"H x 13"W Materials: Drift wood, found tulle, yarn, corduroy, cotton, linen, crochet sample and nylon.
Dimensions: 25"H x 15"W Materials: Drift wood, plywood, found linen, lace, cotton, and nylon.
Dimensions: 25"H x 15"W Materials: Drift wood, plywood, found linen, lace, cotton, and nylon.