{"id":9002,"date":"2020-07-22T09:28:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T13:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/?p=9002"},"modified":"2022-03-08T08:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:33:53","slug":"creators-hessa-al-ajmani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/2020\/07\/22\/creators-hessa-al-ajmani\/","title":{"rendered":"CREATORS \u2013 Hessa Al Ajmani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Name: <\/strong>Hessa Al Ajmani<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which came first in your life, the science or the art?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up, I had always been surrounded by both science and art. My dad graduated with a fine arts degree in photography and later specialized in forensic photography. My mother graduated with a biology degree but would always be crafting things with her hands, like sewing dresses and drawing. I was a curious child who just had to explore every nook and cranny of the house and garden. At the same time, I wanted to turn my turtle into an artist by having him having him walk across a canvas to spread the paint across it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which sciences relate to your art practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing in particular because it\u2019s mostly fed by curiosity and observation, and that applies to all sciences. In the past, my work has been fed by biology, physics, cosmology, ecology, alternative medicine, and my background in psychology. My current work with ceramics deals a lot with chemistry and botany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drink Your Medicine Plates<\/em> (2019) by Hessa Al Ajmani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Drink Your Medicine Arabic Coffee Cups<\/em> (2019) by Hessa Al Ajmani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What materials do you use to create your artworks?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m always incorporating mixed media in my work. For my Biological Landmarks<\/em> series, I\u2019ve used graphite pencils. As for my Flesh and Bone, Fur and Stone<\/em> installation, I\u2019ve used a material called Anzaroot, which is a plant-based resin that was used locally in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the past to cast broken bones, which I then mixed with plaster and sand. In my current work with ceramics and Drink Your Medicine<\/em> series, I use handpicked wildflowers and plants from the desert and my mother\u2019s herb garden to press into clay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biological Landmarks: Tarfa<\/em> (2015) by Hessa Al Ajmani, 97 cm x 127 cm, graphite, oil based white pencil, white gel pen on BFK Rives paper. Tarfa\u2019s scar came to be after she had undergone a surgery to remove a brain tumor when she was 15.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Biological Landmarks: Mary<\/em> (2015) by Hessa Al Ajmani, 97 cm x 127 cm, graphite, oil based white pencil, white gel pen on BFK Rives paper. Mary got her tattoo in the Philippines, which stands in contrast with the eczema that affected her skin after working in the UAE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Biological Landmarks: Sara <\/em>(2015) by Hessa Al Ajmani, 97 cm x 127 cm, graphite, oil based white pencil, white gel pen on BFK Rives paper. Sara was born with the little extra bone on her clavicle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Artwork\/Exhibition you are most proud of:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I enjoyed working on my Flesh and Bone, Fur and Stone<\/em> installation, which was created for the Emirates Fine Arts Society<\/a>\u2019s 35th<\/sup> Annual Exhibition held at Sharjah Art Museum. The process took me on a physical and emotional journey across the mountains of the UAE, where the Arabian Leopard was native but recently became extinct in the wild due to loss of habitat. I incorporated Anzaroot as an element that was traditionally used to heal, and that was a natural material sourced from the same land that the Arabian Leopard had belonged to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flesh and Bone, Fur and Stone <\/em>(2017) by Hessa Al Ajmani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flesh and Bone, Fur and Stone <\/em>(2017) by Hessa Al Ajmani <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flesh and Bone, Fur and Stone <\/em>(2017) by Hessa Al Ajmani, Anzaroot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Which scientists and\/or artists inspire and\/or have influenced you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find Tyler Thrasher<\/a> and Curt Hammerly<\/a>\u2019s practices very inspiring for the way they similarly incorporate scientific and technical methods to their artwork. I\u2019m also currently very interested in Graham Hancock<\/a> and Robert Bauval<\/a>\u2019s books relating to their theories of a forgotten prehistoric advanced civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more by Hessa Al Ajmani, visit her website<\/a> or Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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