Tufting tales with divya sharma
- Event
Divya Sharma is a London-based British Indian textile artist and an alumna of the Royal College of Art, London. Her practice brings together myth, memory, and the cultural world of her mother tongue, Tamil. These strands are woven through labour, colour, composition, and scale, transforming tapestry into a form of text through the act of tufting itself. Rooted in a lifelong love for textiles and texture, her practice was shaped by growing up in India in a home where fabric was not merely material, but language and legacy. Textiles became her earliest mode of storytelling – tactile, rhythmic, and emotionally fulfilling – deeply influenced by her mother, who created fabric sculptures.
As part of the diaspora, Divya uses textiles to reconnect with land, language, and lineage. Her mother tongue and its rich heritage are invisibly embedded through pattern, repetition, and rhythm, allowing cloth to speak where words dissolve.
Workshops in collaboration with Pan intercultural arts & creative health camden
Divya will host a series of textile workshops at Pan Intercultural Arts in London this July, focusing on themes of identity, culture, and belonging. Together, we’ll explore how personal stories, memories, and experiences can be translated into colour, texture, and pattern. Techniques such as needle felting, appliqué, bead work and slow stitching, and cyanotype printing, will provide an accessible introduction to textile art in a supportive and creative environment. These workshops are suitable for beginners and free tickets are available now on Eventbrite!
Divya will also lead a series of textile storytelling workshops with a group of Bengali women who gather weekly to create art together, in collaboration with Creative Health Camden.
All of Divya’s workshops will provide a welcoming space for creative expression, skill development, and connection, encouraging participants to transform textiles into meaningful artworks while fostering community cohesion and sustainable approaches to making.
Workshop Schedule
17 June | Workshop at Creative Health Camden: 1:30 – 3:00 PM
22 June | Workshop at Creative Health Camden: 1:30 – 3:00 PM
2 July | Workshop at Pan Intercultural Arts: 12:00 – 2:30 PM
in collaboration with
Creative Health Camden
Creative Health Camden is a pioneering charity supporting arts and community initiatives within Kentish Town Health Centre in North London. They work at the intersection of community, health and the arts to engage individuals with creative and social activities that explore their individual wellbeing.
PAN INTERCULTURAL Arts
Pan Intercultural Arts works across ethnic, cultural and faith boundaries to encourage understanding, integration and empowerment throughout our diverse society. They are driven by a desire to improve the lives of young people within our communities and to bring the healing power of the arts to those who have suffered trauma or social injustice.
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