Dogadh

Dogadh (Two Pots) is Surji’s way of sharing her world with all that lives within it. Deeply attuned to her surroundings, she weaves in constant dialogue with nature. The rug opens with a peacock motif, above which she places a pot for food and water. Shaped like the peacock’s spread wings, the pot feels familiar, an intuitive design that invites the bird instead of frightening it. Over time, Surji has developed a distinct design language marked by diagonal compositions. “Main seedha bana hi nahi paati hoon, main khud hi tedi hoon (I can’t weave in straight lines, I’m crooked myself),” she says with a laugh, playfully embracing her refusal of straight lines. Through these shifting forms, she creates shapes that resemble flowing water bodies. Pots appear repeatedly in the rug, stacked one above another, offered equally to animals, birds, and humans. At the very top blooms a Kashmiri plant from her front yard, bright pink, fluffy flowers with two tiny birds resting gently at either end of the pot. Alive with movement, Dogadh becomes Surji’s offering of coexistence. One pot represents humans, the other all living beings—together holding the shared world she weaves.