Readers of a generation will recall the sound of the foot paddle in the Singer sewing machine. Once a mainstay of every home in India, it is now a piece of nostalgia. But the stitches they made could tell stories by themselves. Gurjeet Singh is more than familiar with these stories, and their deeper contexts. His latest exhibition, Dreamers, is a collaboration with artisans and weavers from Jaipur Rugs to create shapes, forms and textures that speak of such personal journeys.

Growing up in the village of Algon Kothi, 50 kms from Amritsar, Singh would observe his mother and four elder sisters always taking up stitching and embroidering projects. As an artist, his search for new forms saw him turn back home. “I found this process enjoyable, creative and open to the possibilities of telling stories,” he reveals.