Jala Aziz (Mentor) & Elshan Bashirov, Marat Rusaninko, Iman Asgarov, Aykhan Guliyev (Students)

Shelter of Imagination, 2026

Simple plain weaving (kilim) technique

20 x 20 cm x 4

Shelter of Imagination is an artistic process developed in collaboration with children living in a boarding school. The project offers an alternative perspective on the notion of “home” within the framework of Her Art in Action 2026 and its theme, A Home with a View.

In this project, the children are invited not to depict “home” as they remember it, but as they imagine it. The drawings created on paper become visual traces of desire, safety, and belonging, rather than representations of physical spaces. Sometimes home appears as a roof, sometimes a window, and sometimes as a place that has never existed.

These drawings are later translated into woven textiles using tapestry technique. Lines turn into threads, and imagination becomes material. This process transforms a fleeting idea into a quiet, enduring, and tangible form. Here, tapestry acts as a gesture of preservation — a carrier of dreams.

Shelter of Imagination reminds us that home is not always a physical address. It can be a piece of fabric you touch, a relationship that understands you, or a safe space you create within yourself. The project makes visible how home can emerge in the most unexpected places — within the imagination of children.