Artist: Shabnam Siddiqui
Title: Old Byzantine
Medium: 369 stained glass pieces, copperfoil, 60/40 solder, zinc framing, black patina
Dimensions: 13.8 x 18.3 inches
Price: $5785
Artist Statement: This piece is a rendering of one partial mosaic that was found in the older parts of Istanbul, from the earlier Byzantine period. Exploring the mathematical qualities, the pattern was constructed and stained glass colors most reminiscent of that period were used. The pattern was made into a horseshoe arch shape, imagining what it could be as a window, looking through it, back in time while meditating on God's Infinite Balance and Wisdom.
Artist Bio: An American-Muslim, Shabnam Siddiqui is an interdisciplinary artist known for her use of Islamic geometric designs in calligraphy, string art, watercolor paintings, and stained glass. She focuses on traditional methods using a ruler and compass for design construction and hand cuts her stained glass. Shabnam received her undergraduate degree in Biophysics, and worked as a certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist. Her love for the mathematical beauty in nature, space, and historical architecture led her to further pursue geometric art. She has been a student of the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, and Art of Islamic Pattern in London, Deen Arts Foundation in Dallas, and the Zakhrafa School of Traditional Arts in Istanbul. Shabnam is a wife and mother of 3 children and lives in Utah with her family.
