Artist: Shabnam Siddiqui
Title: Seven Heavens
Medium: 228 Stained glass pieces, copperfoil, 60/40 solder, zinc framing, copper patina
Dimensions: 10 x 19.5 inches
Price: $4825
Artist Statement: “God is the One Who created seven heavens, in layers, and likewise for the earth…” [Quran 65:12] Islamic geometric patterns that are seven-folds or multiples of seven are rare and difficult to construct. This piece was made to explore the mathematical complexity of a seven fold pattern that was once carved into the wooden doors of a mosque in 13th century Anatolia. The pattern was reconstructed and rendered into a stained glass panel to help evoke a calming and reflective state as one meditates on God's Infinite Beauty and Grace.
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.
