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Gallery–Screen Pattern Series
Boxes
These cylindrical boxes
have rose engine patterns on top and inside the lids and patterns of shallow
holes, or dimples on the sides. In houses of traditional Arabian architecture
in cities such as Cairo, Egypt, the street level windows were screened
with wooden screens, often made of small turned spindles. These allowed
air into the interior space but protected the inhabitants inside (in particular,
the women due to modesty imparted by Muslim tradition) from being seen
by anyone outside. These screens were called Meshrebeeyeh (various
spellings), and the designs of the openings created geometric patterns
when viewed from a distance. The patterns on the bodies of these boxes
were inspired by the lattice-like designs of this architectural motif.
I've also experimented with producing a matte background surface on the
bodies of these boxes by making a fine finishing cut with the machinist's
lathe set on powered feed, and leaving the surface as cut by the tool,
that is, without sanding. The thumbnail index is arranged in succession from top to bottom on the leftmost column, and from right to left for the remainder, beginning at top right. The captions are uniquely numbered for each piece. There is a contact form
to follow up on price and availability of any pieces of interest.
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