Ayesha teaches both within the UK and abroad, and works as an artist completing commissions and design work. She is a qualified secondary school art teacher with experience of teaching art to adults and children, from primary to post-graduate level. She has spent the past eight years travelling to Istanbul where she is completing a traditional apprenticeship ( ijaza) in this beautiful craft.Īyesha also holds a Master’s Degree in Education (with a focus on Art, Creativity and Culture in Education) from the University of Cambridge.

Ayesha specialised in islimi (biomorphic design) and Islamic manuscript illumination. 2 See answers Advertisement Advertisement abudu002 abudu002 Answer: B.

Her work is inspired by traditional Islamic arts and the beauty of nature.Īyesha's interest in art and culture led her to pursue a BA in African and Asian Art History and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London, and a Master’s Degree in Traditional and Islamic Arts at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts. Question 2: Islamic illuminated manuscripts often preserved knowledge from which area of the world (A). Run in conjunction with The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts and led by artist, illustrator and art educator Ayesha Gamiet, learn about the underlying geometric and Islimi (floral/foliate) structures that form the basis of the Padshahnama shamsa and gain fundamental knowledge of the painting, gilding, and brushwork techniques used in Islamic manuscript illumination.Īs well as recreating a section of the illuminated painting, each student will have a small portfolio of painting and drawing studies to take home.Īll levels of experience and ability welcome.Īyesha Gamiet is an artist, illustrator and art educator from the South East of England. The Islamic manuscript shows not only the beauty and variety of Islamic calligraphy, illuminations, and paintings, but also the extreme care various artisans took in penmanship, binding, and papermaking. What is the importance of illustration in an illuminated manuscript The use of initials, illustrations and borders could announce text divisions, or indicate important sections of a work, or could be designed to help the reader engage with the contents of text. This course focuses on the shamsa, or sunburst motif, found in The Padshahnama, a magnificent 17th century Mughal manuscript commissioned by Emperor Shah-Jahan.