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Hamzanama
Orientation week
To begin with we read a passage from the book "The Adventures of Amir Hamza" by Abdullah Bilgrami and Ghalib Lakhnavi upon which we made several drawings and models.
About the book
The Hamzanama or Dastan-e-Amir Hamza narrates the legendary exploits of Amir Hamza, or Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, an uncle of Muhammad. Most of the stories are extremely fanciful, "a continuous series of romantic interludes, threatening events, narrow escapes, and violent acts". The Hamzanama chronicles the fantastic adventures of Hamza as he and his band of heroes fight against the enemies of Islam.
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This physical model is inspired by the scenes in the Hamzanama book, a persian book from the 16th centuary. we made of the medium charcoal to depict the battle scenes, as well as crafted physical models from wood that bring the imagery to life. The wooden components are joined together to capture the movements in a fight using a human skeleton made of wood. we learned and explored different types of joineries and the tools required to work with the material wood.