Burgoyne x DCAW 2025

Before the thread, before the loom, there is the bloom.

Standing at the entrance of Bikaner House, Unwoven magnifies the delicate flax flower – the quiet, often overlooked beginning of linen. While the stalk carries the strong, silken fibres that eventually become cloth, it is the bloom that greets the world first. In its fleeting presence lies the entire promise of fabric, weaving, and life itself.

Crafted using Burgoyne linen fabrics, the installation honours what is rarely remembered: that strength begins in stillness, and that every material carries the memory of labour, growth, and transformation. By enlarging the bloom, Juhika’s work invites us to look closer at the unseen – the sacred labour of both plants and people that makes cloth possible.

For Juhika, whose practice consistently explores the intersections of fabric with materials such as steel and iron, Unwovencontinues her exploration of transformation and memory. In collaboration with Burgoyne Original Masters, the work becomes both a celebration of linen’s origins and a poetic reminder that even the most utilitarian object begins in beauty, silence, and care.