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Carver of prints

I carve prints and I like writing about them

Loving Vincent

Carver of Urdu prints

I also have this thing with the Urdu language, it features heavily in my prints – I love the cursive font and poetic imagery of the language. My pages are listed in both Urdu and English, let me transl(iter)ate the words for you:

Urdu alphabet flashcards

گھر – ghar – home
میرے بارے میں – meri bareh mein – about me
بلاگ – blog (literally!)
مہمانوں کی مضمون – mehmano ke mazmoon – guest essays
شکریہ – shukria – thank you
دکان – dukaan – shop
رابطہ – raabta – contact

شکریہ Thank you

You can read my interview with Handprinted UK here:

Handprinted UK

Guest Essays

I feature essays from other print makers, so it’s not just my voice on this site. It is my pleasure to introduce you to these print makers.

My first guest essay is by Peter Williams, a maths student at the University of Manchester, and a rising star, otherwise known as Peter Makes Prints. Peter is an ally, and uses his platform to make SPACE for print makers from marginalised communities. Read the story of Peter’s Teufelssee print here ⬇

Peter Makes Prints – Tuefelssee

The latest essay is from Cath Bristow, of Cath Bristow Prints fame. Cath is a wonder, and her prints are visual delights. In her essay Cath writes about her print making process and how she has navigated printing and lock down. Read Cath’s essay here ⬇

Cath Bristow Prints

Latest from the blog ⬇

On a hypothesis

What factors bring someone to leave their home country and travel to safety?

On Diversity

Why is there such a lack of diversity in showcase accounts?

On Anti-Imperialism

Rewriting the narrative of discovery through print, as one of military occupation, settlement, surveillance and wealth appropriation

Check out my Grid [ ⚬°]

Solidarity to people everywhere being coerced into state sponsored erasure and especially to the Muslim women who experience the co-option and policing of Muslim identity through their body. "Mera jism, meri marzi" - my body, my choice. Check out my reels for a how I made this video. New set of stickers going out with my orders while they last. This first one is a true true true thing. Check out my reels for a how I made it type of thing. The brightest eid mubarak cards are now available on my Etsy shop. You should totally get these for your friends before they get them for you. This might be my favourite alphabet flashcard to print. This is kaaf for kaus-e-kaza which is how you say rainbow in Urdu 🌈 I have a clip in fringe. I live in a high up, windy part of London and I usually work in a part of London by the river quays, which is also windy and let me tell you how the clip in fringe behaves in the wind. Exactly as illustrated. It just flaps right up 🙄. Anyway, here's to my follicly challenged brethren and to paraphrase the eternal words of TLC, you can buy your hair if it won't grow and if you can afford it. Today is a special #meetthemaker post for me. The prompt for today's post is starting point, but it means more to me because it's my very first collaboration with @flexcuttools for #meettheflexcutmaker! Here I am showing you the very beginning of my carving process. I had so much fun filming with the tool like this, I might make it a habit. You know that time when the sun is just about setting and it shines through your living room window and you happen to have your phone in your hand and while you most definitely have other work to do you just want to see how that golden hour shine hits your cheekbones so you can post it to Instagram? That's this. ✨Golden hour✨ Ten years ago this week. Ten springs, ten summers, ten autumns and ten winters since the Arab spring reached Syria. I'm thoroughly enjoying watching the ink dry on these.

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About Me

Check out the ‘About Me‘ section for illustrations all about me.