My sketching practice led me to this theme. As I was sketching things around me I noticed how the shape of a home/house gets used for different objects. Like a birdhouse, kids building that shape with blocks or magnets, home page icons used for websites. This series is an exploration of this shape and the different meanings of home. I have used the phrase 'Home is where the Heart is' with each piece to explore what meaning comes out of it. I was also sketching all these while I was at 'Home' so this is what I created while I WFH.
Home is where the mind is free.
This is inspired by a birdhouse that my son painted with me. I love how kids paint without any inhibitions about what the final outcome will be. I wanted to feel free of this inhibition too, so I started with the house and just started adding elements from things around me - kind of a collage of my surroundings at that time. Just getting inspired by something simple that caught my eye at that moment.
Home is where the memories are
A house made by my son with popsicle sticks as a craft project in his PreK class caught my eye.It's an old project but this was when he had learnt to write and has a friend's name written on it. I wanted to keep as a sweet memory of friends the precious time he spent at the PreK. This made me think of how we have so many of our core memories from all the homes that we have lived in.
Home is where the building blocks are
It's funny when kids create things with their toys which reflect their surroundings! It offers a small window into how a human mind works and how a child's thinking develops. I always feel a sense of intrigue when I see my kid do or say something out of the blue. It sometimes also reveals why I think the way I do. I see where the building blocks are from.
Home is where the WFH is
As I do most of my work from home, I often get distracted by the chores I have to do around me. Watering plants, laundry, cleaning up, doing the one dish in the sink. All these eventually add up and take away time from my work. The busy background represents all the chaos in the background as I try to WFH.
The shape of the home is inspired by the simple icons that we use fro Home page on websites also hinting at the mostly online world of WFH
Home is where the Junk Drawer is
This house is made from scraps leftover after some collages. The drawings around it are things that were in my junk drawer at the time when I was making this piece. What do you keep in your junk drawer?
Home is where the terracotta is
Terracotta is one of my favorite colors. It reminds me of the soil around my childhood home and the ‘geru’ or the terracotta powder what we would mix in water to create a paste and spread it outside the hose to make rangolis. It instantly reminds me of the fresh smell of the first rain on the soil and the monsoon season of Mumbai
Home is where the Glamping is
I am not into camping but I would definitely try Glamping! A golden sequined dress in a Vogue magazine gave me this idea. It also represents how we create homes wherever we go, even for a few days
This is an ongoing series as of MAY 2026. Will share more pieces soon!
