#islamicart — Public Fediverse posts

More work from my Final Major Project at Arts University Plymouth. These mesmerising pieces are made up of meticulously inlaid veneers of wood that are inserted into laser engraved plywood.

Each artwork was initially digitally drawn up by me over many many hours which then were transferred into a usable format to be laser engraved - which took another 5 and a half hours!

The work is greatly inspired by computer scientist/mathematician Craig S Kaplan (@csk) and his generative zellij work. My work displays that the algorithmic potential of Islamic Geometric Patterns and the time-tested traditions of woodcrafts can belong together in an artistic context.

#IslamicGeometricPatterns #IslamicArt #AlgorithmicArt #woodworking #laserengraving #lasercutting #inlaywood

Here are a few piece of my work towards my Final Major Project at university. Inspired by works by Dana Awartani, this work is the ultimate culmination of my time studying Craft/Materials at AUP in Plymouth and was displayed during the Graduate Summer Show last year.

I thank @trinityfranklinphoto over on Instagram for helping me assemble some of these pieces and photographing them. She is a star and I'm truly fortunate to have someone of that talent in my life

#islamicart #islamicgeometricdesign #islamicgeometricpatterns #inlaywood #laserengraving #lasercutting #crafts

Hey--I have committed another Art. These tiles were already fired for me, but I painted the underglaze Iznik design on them before they were glazed and fired. Iznik tiles are the best tiles in the world.

If you happen to be in a position to do this, the King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts does really wonderful short courses (and online courses), in addition to full degree programmes, and they're really worth it!

https://www.kings-foundation.org/school-of-traditional-arts

#iznik #traditionalArt #IslamicArt

Back to the #Alhambra in "Walls that speak part 6", just out on #Caravanserai: https://majnouna.substack.com/p/walls-that-speak-part-6

#IslamicArt #Kufic

In this week's #Caravanserai, we're back in Alhambra!

https://open.substack.com/pub/majnouna/p/walls-that-speak-part-5
#IslamicArt #Kufic