British Museum London

British Museum in London

Islamic Section

patterns

sketchbook work

iv been looking at arabic patterns swell as the writing so i can really show the culture background.

islamic miricles stories

A long ago, prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) and his companion Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), were traveling to the city of Al-Madinah. The prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) had been invited to become the leader of the people in the city of Al-Madinah. The prophet had been invited there due to his wisdom, trustworthiness and faith in Allah. While traveling, the prophet and his companion were told that some men from Mecca were after them to harm them. These man who were looking for the prophet believed in Many Gods and Images and were known as polytheists. They were very upset at the prophet because the prophet taught the people that there was only one God worthy of worship, Allah. The prophet and his companion took shelter in the Cave of Thawr. While inside the cave, a spider had spun a web across the entrance of the cave. At that time the men from Mecca were getting closer and closer to the cave. When they arrived at the cave they only saw the spider's web at the entrance of the cave. They thought that no one could have entered the cave because the spider's web had not been broken. At that time the prophet was standing in prayer while Abu Bakr watched. Abu Bakr then said to the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), "Those are your people searching for you. It's not for myself I am sad, but because I might see something terrible might happen to you". The prophet Replied "Abu Bakr don't be afraid God is with us". The people from Mecca then left without causing harm to the prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him). Allah had protected our prophet and his companion from harm once again. Afterwards our prophet arrived at the city of Al-Madinah where he and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), were welcomed by all the people there. This journey that prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) took is known as the Hijrah. 

sketchbook work

For my major project I wanted to carry on a similar theme from my let project 'Hidden Issues'. I decided I wanted to recreated prince of Egypt as it is a Islamic Miracle that had happened many years ago. Using that in mind I wanted to create other miracles that had happened but using arabic writing to create the images, as in Islam you are limited on what you can draw as its against the religion. I decided to use calligraphy too create my Islamic Miracle Stories and them stencil them on to a mix media painting. These are the first parts of my calligraphy stories and how I've created them black and white. 

Lord Whitney