A vision inspired by the traditional embroidery motifs of the Sinai women's fashion for the design of metal jewelry

Document Type : Original Article

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art department-Faculty of Specific Education Kafr El Sheikh University- Kafr El Sheikh- The Egyptian Arabic Republic

Abstract

The artistic heritage, especially the national heritage, constitutes one of the most important sources of inspiration that artists in general and jewelers in particular often resort to to search for what can enrich their creative imagination as a stock of aesthetic experiences that carry many artistic and cultural connotations. The Sinai heritage receives great attention among local and international exhibitions because of its heritage and originality, as this artistic heritage is an essential component of the Egyptian personality. From this point of view, this research sheds light on the manifestation of the aesthetic values of one of the arts Heritage craftsmanship, which is the art of Sinai embroidery and how to draw inspiration from it in a modern design that depends on the surface treatments of metallic ornaments inspired by this art, in line with the requirements of the times. And it works on developing the cultural awareness of the members of society for this type of arts in order to develop the spirit of awareness and belonging to an important part of the society, which is the Sinai Bedouin community, in order to preserve the inherited national identity, in addition to reviving this heritage to emphasize the national identity and to reach many results that achieve integration. Between many disciplines and the field of metal ornaments in particular because it is a malleable field capable of absorbing and employing heritage in addition to being one of the most fields that can achieve the artistic, aesthetic and plastic features that express the heritage of its various types.

The research problem is summarized in the following questions:
- what extent can the traditional motifs be used to embroider Sinai costumes as a source for designing metallic ornaments?
what extent can hand embroidery techniques be combined with metal forming techniques?
- What is the possibility of benefiting from the external appearance of Sinai embroidery motifs in finding technical solutions and designing the surface appearance of metal ornaments?

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