Dear ,
As I write, I’m preparing to leave for an artist residency with Arteventura, in a rural and off-grid part of Andalusia, where I hope to explore new work directions. Other news has been delayed, so I’m keeping this short!
Till next month, stay warm,
Joumana
Lately on Caravanserai:
Oct 30: Patterns under the Red Dome
Nov 23: Patterns under the Turquoise Dome
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Courses for UAE residents: I will be offering 3 workshops at SOGO in Fujairah in January. They complement each other but are independent, so you can sign up for any or all of them as you fancy.
8 to 11 January: Making Paints from Pigments: We will learn to extract colour pigments from common earths as well as from minerals, and how to turn them into paint using a range of binders and mediums. Participants will prepare paints and pastel sticks from our class work to take home.
14 January: Black Inks: In this one-day workshop we will learn about the historical ferrotannic black ink that was favoured for writing on parchment, preparing and comparing several recipes made from different sources of tannin.
15-18 January: Making Inks from Plants: We will learn the various methods of extracting dyes from botanical sources and how to prepare these colours for use on paper. This will include learning about assists, modifiers, binders, lakes and preservation techniques.
Aside from this, my next Manuscript Kufi in-person course will take place over the weekend of March 2-3 at the Arab-British Centre in London, with the course itnroduction on zoom in the evening of Feb 29. It’s not on the website yet but should be soon.
The shop is now closed in the sense I can’t ship anything before December 19, but sample sheets (a set of 3) can now be found in the Supplies section.
Stories of Abjad is now also available as an ebook. As all my digital products, it’s not affected by my absence!