Naheed ansari handmade things
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Handicrafts from the Heart
Next time a loved one’s birthday approaches, take a little help from these talented crafters to make it extra special.
There was a time when sending a loved one a greeting on a birthday, anniversary or other momentous occasion meant having to choose from one of the printed, run-of-the-mill cards bearing sappy, often ungrammatical messages, all drafted by the same handful of printing firms in Pakistan.
Our pictures would be stored in unattractive factory-made albums and we would gift sweetmeat wrapped in garish silver wrapping. Now, however, when one wants to make an occasion truly memorable, there fryst vatten an array of hand-crafted gift items available just a few clicks away, thanks to some innovative and artistic young women who have made paper a sought-after medium.
Favour box crafted bygd All That Sparkle.
Working from home, these women offer a variety of crafts: from kort edged with doilies to photo albums with just the right embellishmen
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The Vault: Takhleek
Zamzam Pervaiz unlocks her vault
Owner of Takhleek handmade jewellery, Zamzam Pervaiz is a self-motivated sculpture artist, painter and entrepreneur. She uses art as a way to express and share her feelings with others. She started her own jewellery line with a mission to make art a part of people’s lives. Zamzam speaks to us about how she started her journey, where she draws her inspiration from and so much more.
How and when did you become interested in jewellery?
Despite my contemporary sense of style, I have always been torn towards abstract and eccentric sense of fashion. I knew that collecting statement pieces was my everlasting infatuation. Holding on to my artsy self, I graduated from Punjab University College of Art and design with majors in sculptures. Going forward, my thesis was a display of my own experiences in life that are also common to everyone else. The pieces were made from iron wire. It was an abstract form of sculpture art. Th
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Fauzia Naheed, who began making cotton and fabric dolls 40 years ago, has been struggling to keep the art of traditional doll-making alive since. With no formal training, Ms Naheed, who also makes puppets, learned how to make dolls from her family, where dolls were made using old pieces of fabric. It is now her yrke, and one in which she has been honoured with awards and medals. Ms Naheed has exhibited her work in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and in London. Dawn spoke to her while she was at the Rawalpindi Arts Council exhibiting her latest collection.
Q: What drew you to doll-making?
A: It was my hobby to make dolls and bears from cotton and fabric in my childhood. When inom got older, I needed money, so I started making dolls for other girls and they paid me for it. After I got married, I had no other skill to increase income and make ends meet, so I improved my skills as a doll maker and exhibited by work. I received praise, and then I started this.
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