Monthly Archives: February 2025

Shawl of life

Shawl of life

The shawl is more than fabric—it is a sanctuary. To wear the shawl is to be held in the arms of God as a manifesto of sacred protection. It surrounds around the body as a symbol of personal space, comfort, and warm hospitality, yet it also carries the weight of survival. When you wear it you display the wealth and prosperity of your heritage and you can feel that you embraced in the arms of the divine.

The symbolism draws parallels to ancient Egyptian iconography. 

In the ancient Egypt the god Aten represented by a sun disc depicted with long rays overflow from it. These rays giving energy of the sun, representing warmth, creation and divine power. Each ending in a small human hand that stretches out to touch the earth. Some of the hands holding the Ankh the symbol of life, vitality and fertility. 

Through symbolic substitution—sun for shawl, hand for thread, Ankh for continuity —Spirituality invites us to weave these ancient gestures into our present. One symbol replaces another, yet each holds equal significance. Together, they remind us that life is both protection and offering, both heritage and renewal.

Image transfer and watercolour on paper

32×42 cm

2025

To persist and remain

This work is part of my ongoing studies on the Roma genocide, created to reflect upon and compare the many definitions of the Holocaust.
The artwork stands in dialogue with the Roma and Sinti genocide during the Second World War. It is dedicated to the memory of those abducted to concentration camps, tortured, and dehumanized—yet who persisted, who remained, and who carried their survival into freedom.
It is both a remembrance and a testament: a tribute to resilience, to endurance against eradication, and to the unbroken spirit that endures beyond suffering.


Image transfer and watercolour on paper

32×42 cm

2024