{"id":15782,"date":"2020-03-31T09:43:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T07:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syrian-heritage.org\/?p=15782"},"modified":"2021-10-04T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T09:48:18","slug":"%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%ac%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%84%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b6%d9%88%d9%86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syrian-heritage.org\/ar\/%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%ac%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%84%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b6%d9%88%d9%86\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0631\u0648\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062c\u0645\u064a: \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0628\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u0639 \u0632\u064a\u0627\u062f \u0628\u064a\u0636\u0648\u0646"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    by Elisabeth Korinth<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

    Ziad Baydoun is an \u2018Ajami craftsman who is both practising and researching the art of  \u2018Ajami. Together with his father he is running a workshop in Malaysia. In our interview, the artist shares his personal story with this craft, why it is worth safeguarding and how he ended up working in Malaysia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

    Ziad, what makes <\/strong>\u2018Ajami work so special for you? What do you find unique about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

    Every drawing has its own spirit as each person has its own style to draw. The way someone is drawing the motifs in \u2018Ajami work always differs to other painters. A yasmine flower is still a yasmine flower, but the way it is realized by the artisan in his painting is unique. It is like a personal fingerprint. Have you seen the movie The Da Vinci Code? I like to compare \u2018Ajami to the Da Vinci Code. When you look at the painting and the relief, you will know who the drawer was and who the owner. In old palaces, you can easily distinguish which room is for women and which room for men or guests by means of the Ajami decoration and calligraphy. In women\u00b4s areas you may find poems about women. You may find kind of codes in their calligraphy refering to the owner of the house, praising his hospitality and generosity. I like to include hidden messages in my pictures as well. On the one hand, they help me to recognize the image by integrating my signature. On the other hand, the work becomes something unique this way. I use the names of the inhabitants, their zodiac signs and dates of birth. Often I inquire about the personal taste of my clients \u2013 their favourite colour or the favourite flowers of their children, for example. People always look at Islam as a religion that is fighting and killing. For me as a Muslim person, I wanted to learn this craft to show people that Islam is not just fighting. Islam is also art and beauty.<\/p>\n\n

    How did you get interested in <\/strong>working with \u2018Ajami?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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    Abdelraouf Baydoun working with the craft of \u2018Ajami in Qasr al-\u02bfAzm (\u00a9 Ziad Baydoun from Baydoun Creation (CC-BY-NC-ND) <\/p> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

    To be honest, when I was young, I did not appreciate the art of \u2018Ajami at all. I felt like my father is wasting his time and was sure that he will get tired one day and just leave it. So, when I started studying, I focused on modern art and wanted to open my own workshop. Somehow, I did not want to follow my father\u00b4s identity. I really wanted to build up my own identity. And I was succesfull. I had a good income and was working with 3D. But I could see it in people\u00b4s eyes that they looked differently at my work than when they looked at my father\u00b4s art. The message of his work always seemed to carry something for the future. People did neither forget his name nor his work. There was something that fundamentally distinguished his work from mine. It is a kind of jewelry.<\/p><\/p>\n\n

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    While I was in University, my father would only give me money, when I worked for him. One of his projects was in Hama and went over 5 years. So everytime I needed money, I helped him in his project. When I graduated, it was still running and I continued for a while. Throughout the work with him my perception on \u2018Ajami slowly changed. Everytime we finished a work, we were stunned and wondered: Was it really us that made this? I started loving this art and loved it even more when I started researching about it. In the following years, I realized that this kind of work is worldwide accepted and that there are many rooms all over the world cladded with \u2018Ajami work.<\/p>\n\n

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    In your research you have identified 15 different stages when working with \u2018Ajami. Which stages do you find particularly difficult? Was it difficult to learn all the details?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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    The development of the overall design for the painting and its application on the wood. This is really difficult. Even I, with a background in interior design, find it difficult and sometimes I just take parts of the designs of my father and repeat them. One can learn everything, but for the design part you need to be a creative person. It needs to be someone who can just take the paper and draw \u2013 who knows how to compose the colours and experiment with them. It is similar to music, if you don\u2019t know the notes you will never be very good. You need to know it note by note. Another important part of the \u2018Ajami work is the mixing of colours and the Nabati<\/em> (relief paste). We usually apply the Nabati material to the whole panel and then wait for two to three days depending on the area where you have your workshop. In Germany it is different to Syria or Malaysia. Seasons control the time as well as the amount of glew I have to use. These conditions need to be included in your calculation.<\/p>\n\n