We asked Colin to collect some souvenirs when he was on his travels in Singapore. One of the pieces he brought back was this Muslim prayer mat (known as a sajjadat aṣ-ṣalat in Arabic, namazlik in Turkish, and janamaz in Urdu and Persian) with a temple design.
We thought the strong blues offered a good opportunity to use our new range of metallic mounts. The mat was attached to a black suedette back mount; then we used blue and gold metallics to act as highlights beneath a black suedette overmount. Specialist anti-reflective glass and a sympathetic frame completed the design.
This project was completed to Fine Art Trade Guild Framing Level 2, and featured techniques from the following GCF Advanced modules:
- Conservation Framing
- Textile Framing
- Mount Design and Function
