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Wells, dots and rivers — charcoal, embossing and ink on handmade paper
Drawing is the thinking hand — a well that becomes a portal, Braille dots embossed into paper, a river crossing held in ink. STPI challenged Shambhavi to break fresh ground through paper, pulp and touch — vertical journeys into water, darkness and the subterranean, tactile poetry read by touch, boats as metaphors of transit and memory.
Charcoal · ink · 2021After Bundelkhand water-starved villages, the well is drawn as architecture, metaphor and portal — charcoal scraped like parched earth and masonry. STPI challenged her to break fresh ground; the well holds vertical journeys into water and darkness.
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Embossed paper · BrailleTactile Braille poetry on embossed paper — raised dots in Hindi, Bhojpuri and English that ask to be read by touch rather than sight. Unseen geometries and the intimacy of touch.
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Oil · ink · 2021The Sone River crossing at Koilwar — boats ferrying migrants, brides and traders beneath a colonial bridge, drawn as transit and return. River narratives and the poetics of crossing.
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