Tafakkuk تفكّك expresses “dismantling, disintegration, breaking up, disjointing, disconnection”… A feeling I had been sitting with throughout December, and this piece came together quite spontaneously on the final day of 2015. It was made small to match a box frame I had on hand, and it’s the first time I use Eastern Kufic in a piece; its triangular and slashing nature is more expressive than the other, square and stable styles of Kufic.
The fallen pieces reveal a gold background, and the gold on their own obverse. They lay where they have fallen, and are loose inside the box frame, moving around when it is moved.
The design was created on grid paper, then transferred using tracing paper.
After cutting, the pieces were included in the box frame during assembly.
