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Art Illuminated
Art Illuminated is an art dedicated podcast about traditional art and artists from the Middle East and North Africa
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Japanning Fairytales with Tuesday Riddell
Last episode of season 4 is with Tuesday Riddell and we talked about Japanning and how she specialised in it and the nature that inspires her.
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Gemstones With Geometric Patterns with Bryan Drummond
Bryan Drummond is a goldsmith and specialises in gem cutting creating stunning geometric patterns on a lot of the gems he works on. They are interact...
Floral Embroidery with Olga Prinku
Olga Prinku is a designer, maker and creator of flowers on tulle embroidery. She invented the technique of flowers on tulle embroidery, using real org...
Exploring and learning patterns with Lizzie Hobbs
Artist Lizzie Hobbs is an award winning Manchester based artist, who studied South Asian studies and Hindi and continued with her arts and other studi...
Glass Sculptures and Recycling with Hannah Gibson
Hannah Gibson is a glass artist and we talked about making glass sculpture from sustainable and recycled materials. Hannah is also a geologist, which...
Indian Miniature & Devotional Portraits with Murad K. Mumtaz
Assistant Professor Murad K. Mumtaz is a Pakistani artist and researcher based in the US and currently teaching South Asian arts at the William Colleg...
Needlepoint Inspired By Islamic Tiles with Natalie Fisher
Natalie Fisher is a needlepoint artist based in Sydney and her work is inspired by Islamic architecture. She shares how she fell in love with Islamic...
Painting Botanical and Nature Art with Shevaun Doherty
Shevaun Doherty is an Irish botanical artist, who raises environmental awareness through her art.
We talked about Shevaun’s journey into botanic...
Cosmology, Miniature and Spirituality with Annelie Solis
Annelie Solis is a Trinidadian artist that graduated from the Prince's School of Traditional Art in London. We talk about her journey into art and min...
Traditional and Modern Calligraphy with Paul Antonio
Paul Antonio is the author of 'Copperplate Script - A Yin&Yang Approach'. A new and innovative way to look at and learn to write copperplate script. B...
Stone Carving, Masonry & Sculpting with Miriam Johnson
This week's guest is Miriam Johnson, who tells us all about her practice in stone carving, masonry & sculpting. Images from this episode are on https:...
Persian Miniature and Identity with Laila Tara H
Laila Tara H is an Iranian miniature artist exploring new ways of painting miniatures and identity within. Images from this episode on: https://www.in...
Q&A with Samira Mian on art, life & patterns
Samira and I are chatting in this episode about how we met, our lives in art, self taught vs self study, pricing artwork and of course food in London!...
Persian Miniature and Illumination with Farkhondeh Ahmadzadeh
Farkhondeh is an Iranian artist based in London. Her work explores the disciplines of Persian poetry manuscripts, sacred geometry and Persian miniatur...
Somali Textiles with Hafza Yusuf
Hafza Yusuf is a Somali-British textile designer, Art educator and founder of Hafza Studio. https://www.instagram.com/hafzastudio/
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Henna and Creative Outlets with Medina Trevathan
Medina Trevathan is a henna artist and a young creative finding her own creative outlet and artistic voice through henna, embroidery and more. We talk...
Woven Textiles with Rezia Wahid
Rezia Wahid is a woven textile artist and hand weaver specialising in natural yarns. She is inspired by air, light and poetry. We chat about various w...
Realistic Sculptures with Faisal Alahmad
Faisal Alahmad is a Saudi American sculptor and works with realistic human features and the human form. He tells us about his journey into becoming th...
Islamic Geometry and Peace of Mind with Sandy Kurt
Sandy Kurt has been practicing complex Islamic geometry painted in watercolours for over 5 years and she shares how she learnt and continue to practic...
Painting the Palestinian Identity with Sliman Mansour
Sliman Mansour is an iconic figure in contemporary Arab art and in the Palestinian Intifadh. He is a political artist representing the Palestinian ide...
Detailed Paintings with Rebecca Campbell
Rebecca Campbell lives and works in London. She trained as an illustrator and this has led to her unique, narrative style of work. Her paintings have...
Contemporary Embroidery with Sarah K. Benning
Sarah K. Benning is an artist and DIY designer working within the realm of contemporary embroidery. She creates of one of a kind hand stitched artwork...
Ottoman Illumination with Dilara Yarcı Diniz
Dilara is a master Turkish illuminator who specialises in Ottoman illumination and painting with gold. Pictures from the episode on https://www.instag...
Arabic Calligraphy with Soraya Syed
Soraya Syed is a classically trained calligrapher, artist and filmmaker. She continually works to push the boundaries of what is expected from this tr...
Moroccan Geometry and Craft with Hamza El Fasiki
Hamza El Fisiki comes from a long line of craftsmen and craftswomen in Morocco and after his Master’s Degree on Moroccan Cultural Studies, he embarked...
Postgraduate Education in Art & Design
I am nearly done with my PhD and this episode is a life update and then I give you a rundown on postgraduate eduction in art and design in the UK. www...
Season 3 Trailer
Season 3 is starting and here's what I have planned for you! www.islamicillumination.com/podcast - www.instagram.com/artilluminatedpod
Biomorphic patterns and crafts with Adam Williamson
Adam Williamson is an Islamic pattern artist and sculptor and he tells us about how he started with arts and crafts and how he continues to thrive. We...
Handmade Paper & Press with Lauren Smith
Lauren Smith from Lauren Ink tells us about her creative paper and press business. She shares her process of making handmade paper and how it started...
Weaving from the subconscious with Clare Dudeney
Clare Dudeney tells us about loom weaving, colour mixing in textiles, creating art from the subconscious and dreams. She also does collages and other...
Bookbinding with Moneeza Khan
Traditional bookbinding is done by hand and Moneeza Khan from Lotus Blu Book Art tells us about he she started with it and grew her business. Her dual...
Basket Weaving with Tabara N'Diaye
Basket weaving is a traditional craft and it was a way for Tabara to connect with her Senegalese heritage and she add a bright splash of colour and ga...
Book Conservation with Kristine Rose-Beers
Kristine Rose-Beers is the Head of Conservation at the Chester Beatty, Dublin and in this episode she shares her career path in conservation and some...
Painting Persian Carpets on Concrete with Jason Seife
Jason Seife is known for his painted Persian carpets and this was a great, honest chat about his journey into the arts, exhibiting and his creative pr...
Chinoiserie and Silk Painting with Diane Hill
Diane Hill tells about how she combines bold with the Chinoiserie style and how she paints in the style on silk wallpaper. Her designs are featured in...
Natural Pigments and Stories of Colours with Dr. Ruth Siddall
Dr. Ruth Siddall tells us about pigments, natural dyes, lake pigments and how you can make your own plant based pigment from onions! We discuss colour...
Tatreez: Palestinian Embroidery with Wafa Ghnaim
Palestinian embroidery (known as Tatreez in Arabic) is very unique and in this episode you will learn why! Starting with the journey of Palestinian Am...
Islamic Geometry and Multiple Income Streams with Samira Mian
Here’s the first interview of season two and it’s with my good friend, artist and Islamic geometry educator @samira.mian ✨
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We chatted...
Uncertain, but Good Summer
Season 2 is starting and this is a short solo episode to catch you up when I have been up to this summer and to tell you about some of the changes tha...
Season One Finale
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