We love Jacky’s take on contemporary chinoiserie, where she wittily teams urban squirrels and foxes with the peacocks and pomegranates of a traditional Chinese garden.
Combining traditional embroidery skills with digital technology, Jacky creates statement furniture pieces and rich, textured artwork from a variety of materials including velvet, silk, fur, feathers, tweed and organza. Her inspiration is often rooted in the collision of the natural and the manmade – urban foxes are as likely to find their way into her designs as the leopards of Mumbai. She particularly enjoys tracing the symbolism of animal, flower and pattern motifs across cultures – such as the fact that Koi carp were once kept in Japanese villages to keep the waterways clean as well as being highly ornamental, “They symbolise endeavour, perseverance and overcoming troubles, featuring on Hanten firemen’s jackets as protective motifs, for example.”
