How do fragments become form? How do scattered thoughts, images, and moments turn into a story? This studio session invites participants to confront artist blocks and learn how to shape raw ideas and concepts into thoughtful, repurposed, mixed-media assemblages.
Working with a shared reservoir of magazines, newspapers, photographs, along with books and handmade paper from previous sessions, you’ll cut, paste, and layer fragments into collages that carry new narratives. This is a space to experiment with building and breaking, only to build again through paper.
Through guided exercises, participants will learn to:
- Compose with intention
- Source and repurpose images for storytelling
- Build narratives from fragments
- Develop an artwork ready for the wall
By the end of the session, you won’t just have a finished piece, but also an understanding on how to thread thoughts into form, finding clarity, continuity, and creativity within fragments.
About the Instructor:
Hana El-Sagini is an Egyptian multidisciplinary artist with a Master’s in Fine Arts from the Academy of Art and Design, FHNW Basel, Switzerland. She has held solo and group shows across the Middle East, the Gulf, and Europe, including “Counting Fingers” at 421, Abu Dhabi, and “Adaptability” at the Saudi Museum of Contemporary Art, Riyadh. She currently teaches at Zayed University and lives and works in Dubai.