PERRITA RAFAELA BY RAFAELA DE ASCANIO frieze Nirmala Reddy’s granddaughter Archana captures

Nirmala Reddy’s granddaughter Archana captures a cross-section of their family recipes along with anecdotal stories and narrative introducing the reader to the flavours of the South Indian state Andhra Pradesh

her work is an exuberant coalescion of craft

Each Coffee Mug is hand thrown in porcelain at the potters wheel at the John Julian workshop in Wiltshire

these milky glasses embody vintage New York and a classic Dalmatian pattern

Dinners for Beginners was written at a time when the working girl

PERRITA RAFAELA BY RAFAELA DE ASCANIO frieze Nirmala Reddy’s granddaughter Archana capturesRafaela de Ascanios work unfolds through a process of layering. Materials, histories, and personal narratives merge in paintings and sculptural installations that blur the lines between past and present. Figures emerge in contorted dejected, or defiant postures, caught in moments of transformation. They do not belong to any single time or place but are informed by mythology, literature, and lived experience.