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Work II

After the Wedding

The remnants of an occasion are not discarded.They determine how the book opens.

Object record

What celebrationleaves behind

Wedding stationery and cloth fragments retain the social and material life of an occasion. Intuitive layering allows their abundance to determine the book’s form after the event has passed.

Artist
Savera Kiani
Date
2025
Work
One-of-a-kind textile and mixed-media flip-flop artist’s book
Materials
Vintage Pakistani wedding invitation envelopes and cards, embroidered garment fragments, tailoring remnants, sari silk, lace, waxed doily, dyed and printed papers, stitching and removable elements
Dimensions
9 inches high × 6 inches wide
Collection
Trinketz Founders Collection

A closer reading

An occasion ends. Its materials begin another life.

Material afterlife

Envelope.Garment.Memory.

Celebration leaves a material life behind: envelopes, cards, cloth and the small remnants of clothes made for an occasion.

In this work, discarded wedding materials become the structure rather than its decoration. The envelopes determine how the book opens in several directions, while garment and tailoring fragments carry the textures of making and celebration in Pakistan into a new, intimate form.

The composition is maximalist without being predetermined. Its flip-flop construction turns reading into movement across the front, middle and reverse. Small planners, hidden paper clips, floating pockets and removable writing pads make preservation participatory: the reader can add another layer of use.

A closer look

Views of whatcelebration leaves behind.

Photographs trace the journal page by page, preserving the pace of opening, lifting, unfolding and discovery.

  1. After the Wedding opened to a weekly planner, reminder folio, floral papers and a vivid pink embroidered fragment
    Weekly planner, reminder folio and embroidered garment fragment
  2. After the Wedding opened to tea-dyed paper, a white doily pocket and patterned floral paper
    Tea-dyed paper and doily pocket
  3. After the Wedding opened to pale writing paper, a portrait and butterfly tag, and a large red poppy
    Portrait tag, butterfly and poppy
  4. A double opening in After the Wedding with writing pads, layered vintage papers and button-and-string closures
    Writing pads held by button-and-string closures
  5. After the Wedding opened to blue paper pockets, layered ephemera and a framed vintage portrait on red patterned paper
    Blue pockets and a portrait held in red pattern
  6. After the Wedding opened to torn book text, botanical collage, an empty ornamental frame and embroidered textile
    Book text, botanical collage and embroidered textile
  7. After the Wedding opened to orange botanical paper, a blue book-shaped insert and a yellow pocket with layered writing papers
    Botanical fold, book-shaped insert and writing pocket
  8. After the Wedding opened to yellow dyed paper, a floral Relaxed tag and a lined botanical page edged with black lace
    A removable tag and botanical writing page
  9. After the Wedding with a removable writing card, vivid pink applique, metallic lace and a small vintage-inspired insert
    Removable writing card, applique and lace
  10. The full flip-flop structure of After the Wedding unfolded beside an engraved metal keepsake vessel
    The full flip-flop construction unfolded
  11. A handmade keepsake envelope and layered Happy Adventure ephemera from After the Wedding
    Keepsake envelope and removable ephemera

Founders Collection

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Commissions

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Another Life · an online exhibition by Savera Kiani

Islamabad, Pakistan · Trinketz Founders Collection