Students made a set of high quality prototype samples for a Hejazi dining hall, using the design and craft techniques taught on the course. Design inspiration for these elements came from aroud the Hejaz as well as the wider Islamic tradition. Collectively, students sought to draw ideas from various sources with the aim to achieve decorative motifs embedded in local traditions.
The painting study reveals the door's hidden 8-fold geometry.
The mangour screens design were planned and measured accurately to cut the ginanas (wooden strips) correctly. To make two screens the team cut and assembled over 100 ginanas, an incredibly delicate and time-consuming process executed with determination to produce spectacular results.
The decorative arch follows a strictly traditional Hejazi fretwork design.
The hand carved lintel design is based on 8-fold geometry, with a pattern devised by students.
1. Door leaf panel; Walnut wood inlaid with black ebony, wingy, camel bone, brass.
2. Progressional painting; watercolor, gouache, ink on paper
3. Mangour panels; walnut wood & gold leaf
4. Decorative arch; walnut
5. Digital print
1. Door leaf panel; Najla Al Rashdi, Samaher Bashammakh, Ayman Al-Mahawi, Hanan Bucklain, Kawthar Alsayed, Manar Kunid, Eman Al Ansari.
2. Progressional painting; Eman Al Ansari, Wejdan Almuashi & Nada Shawli.
3. Mangour panels; Mustafa Hassan, Nada Shawli, Suzan Alhout & Wejdan Almuashi
4. Decorative arch; Christopher Riederer.