فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبلَةً تَرضاها فَوَلِّ وَجهَكَ شَطرَ المَسجِدِ الحَرامِ ...﴿
وَحَيثُ ما كُنتُم فَوَلّوا وُجوهَكُم شَطرَهُ ...﴾ البقرة ١٤٤
More than 20+ hours were spent on creating this artwork.
Ideation, sketching, designing, choosing paper, technical consultations, laser cutting, hand mixing Pantone colours, manually aligning and printing each colour layer separately, and, finally, framing.
Sunn Hemp Handmade Paper 90gsm
Sunn Hemp is a tropical Asian plant that produces high-quality paper. It is a type of paper used for the Quran and Islamic Calligraphy.
only 4 prints are available in this paper
PROCESS
random abstract painting in my sketchbook
nightstand sketch after painting the previous random abstract shapes
ideation sketching
Laser cutting and letterpress printing at UAL, London College of Communication. I was fortunate to have wonderful technicians to help out and guide the process. So thank you, Andrew, Klara, and Dil.
Letterpress is an old printing technique with metal letters. Here's an old video published by LCC on their YouTube channel if you are interested.
With the development of technology and techniques, letterpress machines could be used with more than just metal letters. You can easily print a polymer plate or cut an acrylic board with your desired design and apply it on a board with a similar height to the original metal letters to bring the board to printing height.
An alternative option of the same artwork is available on normal paper.
Redeem Paper 130gsm
only 5 prints are available in this paper