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Mashrabiya
- Thread starter Richard Sorsky
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Bob Hendrickson here on the Forum is an expert. He has a lot of recognition for his mashrabiya. DM him to see if he can help you. @R Henrickson
There was also an article in American Woodturner, maybe 9 months ago. I don't recall too much "how to" in the article, as much as "isn't this interesting."
Yikes! That is a lot of spindles to turn. One would be very adept by the time they are done with the project. Looks like vertical ones first as a long spindle. Next would be the horizontal spacers. Then long diagonal pieces, then 2 short diagonal pieces. Interesting look.... Lots of measuring and lay out work to do....
robo hippy
robo hippy
Hi thanks for the note. Actually we are considering doing a how-to book on the subject and we are exploring if there are any possible authors in the turning community.
Thanks very much for the information.
Thank you. I will contact Mr. Henrickson.
Mashrabiyas were what first piqued my interest in turning. Much of my spindle turning work is inspired by mashrabiyas. I work with both square and hexagonal lattice grids, both of which are found in the traditional craft. One of my mashrabiya-inspired pieces was published on the back cover of the April 2023 issue (38:2) of American Woodturner. The same issue had an article on the mashrabiya exhibition at the Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia which closed a few months ago. I will be teaching a one-week class at the John C Campbell Folk School in November 2024 on spindle work inspired by mashrabiyas,
I did a lot of this sort of turning during the 'great covid hiatus' -- it improved my general turning skills, not just spindle work.
Yes -- there are LOTS of spindles in such panels -- usually 100-200 separate pieces per square foot! Yet such panels often formed an entire wall of a room -- areas on the order of 10 x 20 feet (so 20,000-40,000 pieces). Many upper middle class and more elite house had many rooms -- not just one -- with such panels. In some cases there were huge expanses. There were thousands of such lattice panel walls in hundreds of houses in Cairo (and many other Islamic world cities) from at least the 15th through 19th centuries. An incredible craft, with numerous patterns, yet the craft tradition had a very simple tool kit (bow lathe[!] and several cutting tools) but marvelous results. The nested interlocking assembly of the lattice panels is ingenious.
I did a lot of this sort of turning during the 'great covid hiatus' -- it improved my general turning skills, not just spindle work.
Wow, I didn’t know anything about this style. Looking closely at the image you posted, I think I can get a sense of the progression of the turnings, but I have no idea how to accurately turn those smallest angled pieces that lock things in. Perhaps my imagined scale is off. I’m imagining them as less than a 1/4” even as small as an 1/8” in length. Thanks for sharing. Inspiring.