In this series, I explore homesickness and the longing for belonging through material investigation and symbolic construction. My inspiration emerges from everyday urban experiences , hostel routines, hurried meals, long commutes in local trains, and cherished memories of food shared at home. I primarily work with cardboard, a material that signifies packaging, migration, and transition. By upcycling discarded cardboard and everyday tableware such as wooden spoons, fiber plates, ceramic, and terracotta utensils, I consciously engage in sustainable practice. My process involves cutting, layering, assembling, and building textured surfaces to create tactile, sculptural compositions that echo fragmented domestic spaces.

Alongside this, I employ wood-burning techniques to draw directly onto wooden surfaces without the use of ink or paint, allowing heat to permanently inscribe memory into the material. In my ceramic works, I use underglaze on stoneware, preserving imagery through the transformative act of firing. Though distinct in process, these mediums collectively articulate themes of memory, displacement, and belonging.

Sonder which is the realization that every individual carries an inner world as complex and emotional as our own , deeply connects with my exploration of homesickness and longing. In my work, I reflect on the quiet yet intense emotional realities of migration, hostel life, urban commuting, and separation from home. The local trains, auto meters, chambered plates, hotcases, and disposable tableware symbolize fast-paced city living, where routines replace warmth and shared meals become memories.

Food becomes a central metaphor in my practice. It holds sensory memory smell, taste, touch and connects us to belonging. By using cardboard, which signifies packaging and movement, along with wooden, fiber, ceramic, and terracotta utensils, I highlight the transient nature of modern life. My use of wood-burning directly on wooden surfaces permanently inscribes memory through heat, while underglaze on stoneware preserves imagery through firing transforming fragile emotions into lasting marks.

Even the presence of crows feeding on leftovers reflects adaptation and survival within shared urban spaces. Through these materials and symbols, my work acknowledges that behind every commuter, hosteller, or migrant exists a deeply personal story of longing. Sonder, for me, is recognizing that this yearning for home is not isolated it is a collective human condition, woven into a global web of displacement, memory, and belonging.