Falguni Joshi.

कागज़ · a folio of plates · 2019 to 2026

Thread

सूत्रधार · the one who holds the thread

One cotton thread runs through everything I make. It starts here, on my own face, and it does not let go until the last page. Follow it down.

the weaver · self portraitfrom the styleweb series
Self portrait: a red cotton thread runs from between the artist's brows, down her nose and lips, and disappears at her collar

"एक छोटे से चारकोल स्टिक का उपयोग करके मेरे दिल को कागज़ पर खुरच दिया।"

With a small stick of charcoal, I scratched my heart onto paper.

the chapters, stitched in the order they were lived

The artist seated beneath her charcoal wall mural of hair fanning into a crown of screaming faces

chapter II

Voices In My Head

उसके भीतर एक जगह मौजूद है, एक अँधेरी, अस्पष्ट, धुंधली जगह…

There is a place within her, a dark, hazy space… the unseen and the unwanted.

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Charcoal on black paper: a woman's face emerging from complete darkness, eyes lit

chapter V · the paper darkens here

The Dark Room

यही एहसास शून्यता है, यही खालीपन है जो सबसे पूरा है।

This is the feeling of shoonyata: the emptiness that is most complete.

Enter the dark room

An illustrated black-and-yellow Mumbai kaali-peeli taxi on a marigold field, its back seat loaded with Hello December's cushions

chapter VII

The Loud World

Most store launches are announced directly. We wanted people to become participants in the story rather than passive viewers.

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Self portrait, eyes closed: the red thread runs down the centre of the face and ends in a loose knot resting in an open palm
and is collected · self portraitfrom the webbed series

"So much was left unsaid. Some letters that never reached, some stories they never told, some feelings were left untold."

- Falguni

P.S. Write the next line

appendix · a brand built on paper

Vaelor

A house that does not exist, built anyway — a name, a philosophy, a first drop of numbered objects, their packaging. One complete brand, end to end, as a study in strategy and creative direction.

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appendix ii · the folio, in motion

The Contact Sheet

The work that will not hold still: campaign reels for Hello December and Manetain, a Lovechild by Masaba look, and moving pictures from her own page — every frame printed small, on one sheet.

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