Size:
995 mm x 1290 mm
Medium:
Vegan Leather on Vintage Textile
Set against vintage spiritual textiles and rendered in vegan leather, the pig becomes a symbol of unclaimed tenderness, a life allowed to flourish rather than be consumed. The naïve forms belie a deeper truth: that compassion, like cross- stitch, is built patiently, thread by thread.
Vegan for the Animals is a hand- stitched meditation on innocence, made from vintage Indian textiles once used to wrap spiritual scriptures, now reimagined with vegan leather appliqué and meticulous cross- stitch work. Through a deliberately childlike visual language, the series restores gentleness to beings often unseen, placing them within a sanctuary of colour, play, and reverence.
While whimsical on the surface, the works stand in quiet opposition to the violence normalised in modern food systems. They draw from plant- based cultures, longevity studies, and the artist’s own spiritual practice- suggesting that compassion toward animals and nourishment for humans spring from the same moral root.
In a contemporary world marked by factory farming, discarded male chicks, and industrialised cruelty, these naïve forms become a radical counter- gesture: an insistence that innocence is not an aesthetic, but a worldview.
