Working with Mei

Mei is a young backpacker from Malesia who randomly passed by the workshop on her last day in Jordan. She was curious about our activity so we offered her to produce a mosaic piece to take away in the afternoon. 

12.30pm

Michel Ajelat, design her name in Arabic calligraphy.

1.00pm.

Back to the workshop, Mei draw the artwork on the fabric's canvas.

1.15pm

First stone applied, well done Mei!

Ali is guiding Mei's first steps.

5.40pm

Ali is helping a bit to make sure Mei finishes the piece in the evening

10pm

After a well deserved drink and narguile break at Map Café, the mosaic is sealed in the cement and needs to be washed to remove the dusts.

Mei can be proud, as a beginner she completed her piece in about 8 hours!

We named her to be our Mosaic's Ambassador in Malesia!

Excellent job Mei :)

Restoring the Tree of Life

A client brought a table with the mosaic of the Tree of Life to be restored as some small part were damaged. 

Job done!

Mosaic's Master Class for IFIL Jordan 2012's group

Two organisers from IFIL Jordan 2012 (Maia Juelgiorgio and Anna Diem) requested from us to give a mosaic taster to their seventeen travellers. We decided the group in two to give more chance to everyone to familiarise with the technique and complete their piece.

Considering the tight schedule and the short amount of time they had to complete their initiation, we decided to limit the level of complexity and make a very simple artwork (the student's initials made of two letters) 

After the training the group went to see the sunset over the Dead Sea by Mont Nebo

Maia and Ana, the two organisers posing with Ali, the mosaic's teacher.

The Students posing with their finished pieces at a Jordanian party in Amman,

Dabke traditional dance with the locals of Amman on the terasse of Hail Café by the Roman Theatre.

Jameel Prize 2013 registration

We proudly registered our furniture prototype to the prestigious V&A's Jamel Prize 2013 award competition. Judges will shortlist 5 to 10 pieces to be announced on the 30th of November 2012.

The Jameel Prize is an international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. Its aim is to explore the relationship between Islamic traditions of art, craft and design and contemporary work as part of a wider debate about Islamic culture and its role today.

The Jameel Prize at the V&A and the international touring exhibition are in partnership with Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives. The prize was conceived after the redesign and redisplay of the V&A's Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art, which opened in July 2006.

More informations on the Jameel Prize:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/j/jameel-prize/