Anthology Mesh | Jana Ghalayini
December 19, 2024
Images from left to right, top to bottom
1 Screenshot of a collection of images, 2024
2 Tapestry sketches, 2023, oil pastel on paper
3 Free Palestine, 2023, graphite on graph paper
4 - 5 Materials (scans of yarn), 2024, variety of loose acrylic cotton wool threads and yarn
6 Untitled (monoprint), 2020, ink on cotton
7 - 8 - 9 Drawings and sketches, 2023, chalk pastel and watercolour on mixed media paper
10 Untitled (monoprint), 2020, ink on cotton
11 Collage sketches, 2022, aluminum and inkjet paper
12 - 13 Drawings and sketches, 2023, chalk pastel and watercolour on mixed media paper
14 - 15 Machine embroidery on photo prints, 2016
16 / 17 Polaroid of close-up with doves wear white to the funeral, 2021
18 / 19 Sketches on graph paper, 2023–24, graphite, colour pencil, marker on graph paper
20 - 21 Timetable mockup and scan of fabric, 2024
22 - 23 Sketches on graph paper, 2023–24, graphite, colour pencil, marker on graph paper
24 - 25 Untitled (monoprint) and collage, 2020, ink on paper and collage inkjet on paper
26 A Storm Before the Groove, 2023, embroidery on inkjet paper
27 Untitled (monoprint), 2020, ink on inkjet paper
28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 Jellyfish, 2023, collage of handwoven cotton, wool, and acrylic yarn weavings made on a counterbalance floor loom; small cotton, paper, and mixed media weavings made using tapestry techniques on a frame loom; fabric scraps; hand-painted polyester chiffon
37 A Storm Before the Groove exhibition shot, 2023
38 - 39 - 40 - 41 Being One, 2023, handwoven using a traditional double weaving technique and tapestry weaving techniques on a counterbalance floor loom and by hand; cotton, wool, acrylic yarn, hand-painted polyester chiffon, screenprinted chiffon, silk chiffon scraps, acrylic paint on paper, glass beads, metal rings and oil pastels
42 / 43 / 44 Solar Transformers, 2021, wool, cotton, acrylic yarn and threads, acrylic paint
45 weaving (scan), 2024, chiffon, cotton yarn and ink
46 Tapestries on display, 2021–22, wool, cotton, acrylic yarn and threads, and acrylic paint
47 Strawberry Moon, 2022, handwoven tapestry on a frame loom with wool, cotton, acrylic paint on paper
48 Frequency 4.44, 2022, handwoven tapestry on a frame loom with wool, cotton, acrylic yarn, and glass beads
49 Monster, 2022, handwoven tapestry on a frame loom with wool, cotton, acrylic paint on paper
50 Union, 2022, handwoven tapestry on a frame loom with wool, cotton, acrylic yarn, and glass beads
51 Tapestries on display, 2021–22, screenprint on chiffon
52 Palestine, 2024, handwoven tapestry on a frame loom with cotton, wool, and acrylic yarn
53 / 54 Tapestries on display, 2021–22, screenprint on chiffon
Copyright 2024 by Jana Ghalayini
Jana Ghalayini (b. 1993) is an artist based in Tkaronto, Canada. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from OCAD University and is a self-taught weaver who draws inspiration from her Palestinian heritage. Through intuitive weaving, mixed-media work, and printmaking, she explores repetition and mark-making as process-based forms that give space to investigate and reflect on the connection between tangible materials and fragmentation, using her practice to document gestural marks that relate to personal and collective memory and ideas that evolve over time.
Acknowledgment
Special thank you to Rihab Essayh for editorial contribution.
