Commissions & Exhibitions
Nicolas Aubagnac
Collaboration over several years with French interior designer Nicolas Aubagnac, Paris has resulted in the creation of various beautiful objects from a tapestry to lampshades.
Photos courtesy of Nicolas Aubagnac

'Nur' or 'Light' Lamps
Square Kufic calligraphy in marquetry
White ebony wood, black dyed walnut wood
2015

'Nur' Lamp detail
White ebony wood, black dyed walnut wood

Cabinet
This private cabinet was commissioned for a special couple in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with their names in Square Kufic calligraphy in marquetry.
White ebony wood, black dyed walnut wood
2015

Cabinet door

White ebony wood, black dyed walnut wood

Tapestry
Hand-woven tapestry of an 8th-century Arabic poem in Jali Diwani script, made in France.
Silk and wool threads
2018

Original pen and ink composition on which the tapestry was based
The colours were carefully selected to match the interior of the bedroom the tapestry was to hang in.
Ink and shell gold on ahar-sized papers
Original calligraphy 48.3 x 27.5 cm

Tapestry 193 x 110 cm
2018