Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In 2018 the British Museum commissoned artist Ahmad Angawi to create some traditional Mangour screens to cover the windows of the new Albukhary foundation galleries of the Islamic world. These traditional screens are beautiful but also practical, in that they reduce light and heat in the rooms they adorn.
In this film Ahmad talks about the craftsmanship that went into making the screens and some of the thought processes associated with the geometric designs, that make them such a key architectural feature of the galleries.
To find out more check out: islamicworld.britishmuseum.org
#woodcarving #geometry #windowsvista
In 2018 the British Museum commissoned artist Ahmad Angawi to create some traditional Mangour screens to cover the windows of the new Albukhary foundation galleries of the Islamic world. These traditional screens are beautiful but also practical, in that they reduce light and heat in the rooms they adorn.
In this film Ahmad talks about the craftsmanship that went into making the screens and some of the thought processes associated with the geometric designs, that make them such a key architectural feature of the galleries.
To find out more check out: islamicworld.britishmuseum.org
#woodcarving #geometry #windowsvista
