Art Illuminated Esra Alhamal

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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Tuesday's fab work: http://tuesdayriddell.com/
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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 and dazzling. 
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Follow Bryan: https://www.instagram.com/bd_drummond/ and shop his work: https://www.drummondgems.com/shop 
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Olga Prinku is a designer, maker and creator of flowers on tulle embroidery. She invented the technique of flowers on tulle embroidery, using real organic material as her thread. Olga collaborated with brands including Swarovski and Anthropologie, and her work has been exhibited in galleries and at festivals. 
Images from this episode on: https://www.instagram.com/artilluminatedpod/
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More from Olga: https://www.prinku.com/

Artist Lizzie Hobbs is an award winning Manchester based artist, who studied South Asian studies and Hindi and continued with her arts and other studies exploring the rich world of patterns. 
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More from Lizzie: https://www.lizziehobbs.co.uk/
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Hannah Gibson is a glass artist and we talked about making glass sculpture from sustainable and recycled materials. Hannah is also a geologist, which informs some of her works. 
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Connect with Hannah: https://www.hannahgibsonglass.co.uk/
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Assistant Professor Murad K. Mumtaz is a Pakistani artist and researcher based in the US and currently teaching South Asian arts at the William College. Murad specialised in Indian miniature more specifically the Pahari painting style during his studies at the National College of Arts in Lahore and then he pursued a master’s of fine arts in Columbia University, where he started looking deeper into the history. We had such a great chat about all things miniature, inspiration and devotional portrait. 
Images from this episode on www.instagram.com/artilluminatedpod
More from Murad: www.instagram.com/muradkhanmumtaz/
Murad's Youtube Series: https://youtu.be/6uqifLI_MfA
Recommended Book: The Magic Doe: Qutban Suhravardi's Mirigavati https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Doe-Qutban-Suhravardis-Mirigavati/dp/0199842949/