In India, cloth comes in all kinds, sizes and grades. In their range and diversity they are used for everything: adorning the body as saris or stoles; protection against the sun’s heat, dust and air pollution; doing all sorts in the home.

But even more deeply rooted than these everyday uses is the age-old tradition of wrapping things as a practical, informal and yet personal gesture, something akin to the Japanese art of gift-wrapping known as Furoshiki. It is this gesture of care that wrapping represents and the ease with which fabric is woven into everyday life that inspired A Square Piece of Cloth: packaging material with an afterlife.