Beautiful, archival quality giclée prints of my work available online!

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Ayesha

I am delighted to announce the opening of my online shop! Please do take a look! Many of my most popular paintings are now available as limited edition giclée prints. It makes me very happy to know that a little … Continue reading →

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Tessellating Tile Patterns for Children

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Ayesha

Some new geometry teaching resources for the home-schoolers today: free, downloadable tessellating “tiles” to help with your maths and art curriculum… or just to play with at break time! Here’s a short movie clip to give you some ideas for … Continue reading →

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FREE Downloadable Islamic Art Teaching Resources for Children and Adults

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Ayesha

Today I would really love to share with you some free, downloadable Islamic art activities and teaching resources to help us through the lockdown. I’ve posted some of these resources before, but thought they were worth sharing again to help … Continue reading →

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New Course at the Yunus Emre Institute in London, October 2017

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Ayesha

Tezhip workshop at the Yunus Emre Institute, London I’m looking forward to teaching this new course at the Yunus Emre Institute in London next month. Please see below for details: For centuries, Muslim artists have used gold, ink, and brightly … Continue reading →

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Spring 2016 Islamic Art courses in London and Windsor

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Ayesha

I am delighted to announce that I will be teaching the following courses over the coming weeks and months:

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Incredible artwork from my students; future Islamic art courses in Windsor

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Ayesha

A little update on the incredible work produced by my students over the summer in my Islamic art workshops. We held classes in Islamic manuscript illumination (or tezhib / tezhip, as it is known in Arabic and Turkish), geometry, and … Continue reading →

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New Islamic studio in Windsor, Berkshire, UK!

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Ayesha

My new studio in Windsor, Berkshire, is up and running and ready for business! I’ve really enjoyed teaching my first few classes in this light, bright peaceful space. As well as running Islamic art courses/ small group and private tuition, … Continue reading →

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Islamic geometry and plaster carving workshop at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Ayesha

Last week, I was back at Cambridge University to deliver my second Islamic art workshop for the year. I had a full day to work with the wonderful trainee art teachers, so I decided to go into a little more … Continue reading →

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Ramadan Mubarak

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Ayesha

Ramadan Mubarak! Wishing you much peace and many wonderful blessings for the Holy Month.

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