2024 - Scaling a magic Year

Alhamdulillah for every year that we are given the grace and blessings apportioned to us. This year was 2024, the year of the Dragon and also my birthday would read a perfect family of fourfold. 24/8/24!

I was going to 'embrace' this year seriously! 

It was also the tenth year of Traditional Ateliers operating after I launched it properly in Dhaka Bangladesh. in 2014 I opened my doors to the first cohort of students to do a clay workshop. And a whole new world opened up with it. 

Ten years on, it is with gratitude I witness everything that has unravelled. It is with the peaks and troughs that this adventures become story worthy. If it was an easy ride why would it be interesting? Life has twisted many a turn in the decade and I am understanding the discomfort is sometimes the necessary irritant required bring out of you the inspired voice, or image. The tenth year meant I gave myself a rebranding, with the logo and I attach the video of that  here My Logo Story

Click below for my first newsletter of the year Dec 2024 A year in review

I also was kindly invited to present a talk at SOAS, World Muslim Leadership Forum where I presented a talk along with architect of the 2024 Ramadan Tent Pavilion at the VnA, Shaheed Saleem, calligrapher Gulnaz Mahboob and architect Saiqa Meghna Iqbal. My talk was about the Sacred craft of Islamic Art. I will be posting the talk soon.

I also presented a talk at the Revolution Gallery - a pop up that was hosted in the heart of central London to represent Bangladeshi Artists. There I spoke about the history and context of Bangladeshi Art.

Following that,  in August I along with alumna from the Kings Foundation did a group exhibition in August where the theme was natural pigments. This piece then travelled to Indonesia for an exhibition with the Bukhari Creative Group.

I also launched my Tao of Islamic Art Course which delivers art within a spiritual and sacred context.

This year I am about to send out my quarterly newsletter to update friends and supporters. If interested please subscribe here

There will be more updates on the Hillsborough Castle  Carpet in the future inshallah and in the meantime I do have a brief article in the Times that came out in autumn. More on that later.