Monday, October 20, 2008

Inspiration..

I got my inspiration from the Qajar Royal family, who created the Qajar Dynasty and ruled Iran from 1794-1925.
That Era revolutionized fashion and jewelry design; they used to decorated the fabrics with precious stones, gold and silver threads, which is amusing  how they came up with these techniques and designs at that time. So I always wanted to preserve these designs and keep what we had alive. I've been working on this idea for such a long time; and this project is a starting point for me to peruse this.

1 comment:

The Reader said...

I like where the paintings are going. I would also like to see one that is two by three meters in size. I think that by approaching a human scale, the images will gain a more direct, contemporary impact. I like the idea of these paintings, which are often in the miniature scale suddenly leaping to life in our scale. It moves from decoration to infiltration. Just a thought Elma....