One of the biggest obstacles I faced as an online student was figuring out when and how I would be coming for the final show. This was a problem even more difficult to solve than the one of figuring out what to display. I knew online students were setting up from July 1st-3rd, but coming […]
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One part of my final show installation will be projecting a video montage of my Karachi events on fabric. Why fabric? Because the idea is to convey impressions and an overall feeling of community, people met, and places engaged. It is not to create a documentary on the work. Fabric, flowing and ethereal also creates
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This MA has been a journey towards understanding not only my Art, but my Self. I began with the vague idea of seeking novel forms of narrative art. Illustration, digital and otherwise, was only one aspect of it. Writing, realistic and fantasy fiction, was only one part of it. What were the narratives to be
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Sometimes in the process of making, learning happens in leaps and bounds. That’s kind of what I’m experiencing right now since I’m making SO MANY of the resin squares. Let’s start at the very beginning, which is filled with learning experiences (read: disasters). Act 1 I took my beautiful wooden study table (the only place
No really, the day I received the call this is what I was shouting as I jumped up and down. It was definitely a great feeling to be told that I was the top candidate selected by all the interviewers. But somewhere underneath all the initial excitements were some mixed feelings. A pinch of feeling
I got the job I got the job! Read More »
As I mentioned in the brainstorming post earlier, the following ideas are what I want to work with: Project a video montage (on a loop) of my exploration of Jeddah and Karachi, and the projects I held, not in a chronological sequence (more like snippets of memory) on draped chiffon. Preferably draped in a way
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Again, I haven’t written about my experience at the MET yet, but the work that drew my eye and heart was the iridescent glasswork of Tiffany Studios. It was mesmerizing. It was also impossible to create/explore without the proper tools. Fusing glass began to really attract me after visiting this exhibit. Now I knew that
A side note on glass Read More »
I’ve spoken earlier about what drew me to resin. In short trying to create a snowglobe of a painting. I feel I achieved that effect with this painting: But there’s still lots I have to work on to perfect this idea. For example, while still pretty, the following painting didn’t turn out as I had
I’m not sure if I spoke about #PayByBookDay yet, but it was this AMAZING initiative by JeddahReads. People were invited to a cafe, and asked to bring books along. Then they could converse with renowned authors or journalists or psychologists or get a coffee, all in exchange for books. Books were the currency for
I read The Forty Rules of Love Read More »
