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Glass offers endless potential for designers allowing them to alter a space both practically and aesthetically.
It’s a decorative and functional medium that has been used throughout the centuries in architecture, design and even fashion nowadays.
Its beauty and versatility has always captivated Pakistani mother-of-three Nomi Rajan and in 2009 she started fusing the material into works of art.
Now the architectural glass artist aims to further spread its splendour to be used in interiors and exteriors too.
“Glass is such a beautiful product,” said the 56-year-old who lives in Saar. “Its beauty is enormous. The more the light passes through it the more it glows. It looks different in the morning and different at night, due to the light that passes through it.
“I hope to spread beautiful artwork all over the world.”
Nomi trained in the craft at Creative Glass, UK and then later studied architectural glass at Dale Chihuly’s Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, US.
Her previous glass projects have included ceilings, chandeliers, calligraphy cut in glass and then fused on glass wall panels, pillars and panels as well as public art pieces.
They were all made for interior designers or private firms and according to Nomi can vary from one week to a few months to create.
“Each project itself inspires me,” she said. “I use glass which is specifically made for fusing imported from Portland because it is not available in the Middle East.
“The concept that I have developed over the years is that I can make multiple glass art features which can be functional like chandeliers or like an art piece to decorate the area and to be admired.”
She first introduced her architectural glass art at Gulf Interiors in 2012 and also participated in the first edition of Art Bahrain in 2015. Now she is working on glass panels which can be used as dividers or screens as well as artwork to be the centre of discussion.
For details, follow @nomisglassart on Instagram.
