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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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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Teaching at Cambridge University

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Ayesha

I recently delivered an Islamic art workshop to trainee art teachers on the PGCE course at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. I demonstrated a few simple techniques that these new art teachers could use to generate Islamic-inspired floral … Continue reading →

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Works in progress…

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Ayesha

Although I’m not getting much time to work on my own art these days, it doesn’t mean that I’ve stopped thinking about it. In fact, I’ve been thinking about my illumination work a lot recently. Emails from past and potential … Continue reading →

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Teaching Resources: Islamic art

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Ayesha

Please feel free to download and use some of the Islamic art teaching resources that I designed for my year 7 classes. Last term, my students designed and made their own Islamic art-inspired tiles (see my previous post for pictures). … Continue reading →

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Student’s Work from the PSTA Autumn 2010 Course in Islamic Manuscript Illumination

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Ayesha

Student’s work from the Islamic manuscript illumination course at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts. Last Saturday marked the final session of a 4-day course that I taught in Islamic manuscript illumination at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts. Due to … Continue reading →

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Pretty Patterns from Islamic Textiles: Part 2

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Ayesha

Salwar Kameez illustration by Ayesha Gamiet 2010 Just a little sneaky peek at an illustration that I have been working on recently. I’m not sure whether or not it’s finished yet – I may add a few more details to … Continue reading →

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Geometric design in Islamic art course at Morley College

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Ayesha

Student’s work from the short course in Islamic geometric design held at Morley College today and last Sunday. I know that it has been a while since I last updated the blog, but I have been super-busy over these past … Continue reading →

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