TALES OF THE MARVELLOUS AND NEWS OF THE STRANGE CLASSES
‘Aja’ib wa-Ghara’ib
Starts 29 October | £249 | Online
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TALES: Ingenious Devices
A swing and a wheel with a difference: the swing is Levni's Catherine wheel or fairground ferris wheel swing and the wheel is the ingenious device of the water wheel. Where it's black and white we'll add our own colour of course.
Borne from a desire to present a truly comprehensive picture of all miniature painting, and emerging from my latest ongoing research into the world of the 1001 Arabian Nights, these classes are like a cabinet of curiosities for miniature painting. The TALES classes comprise 3 strands: Objects and Ingenious Devices, Natural Marvels and Wonders and Characterless Characters.
If, like me, you find stories and marvels irresistible, join me in painting a collection of marvels, wonders, everyday objects, theatrical devices, mechanical ingenuity, strangenesses and curios… in short, THINGS that are in stories and paintings and that are not easily defined as animal, vegetable or mineral. Cooking pots, cups and jugs; tables, takhts and thrones. From flags and bows and arrows and a multitude of tools to clever clocks, musical instruments and astrolabes, we cover them all. Humans have found wonder in the tiniest fleas and the wide open seas and the far flung stars (and now we’re going to Mars). These things are the stuff of stories, the razm o bazm (fight and feast) of the Shahnameh and the magic everyday fabric that is the stock in trade of the Nights.
Upcoming Sessions
Dates: 29 Oct 2024 - 19 Nov 2024
Total of 4 sessions
Tuesday 29 Oct, 9pm - 10pm London Time
Tuesday 5 Nov, 9pm - 10pm London Time
Tuesday 12 Nov, 9pm - 10pm London Time
Tuesday 19 Nov, 9pm - 10pm London Time