Hassan's Maker Journal

About Me

Hi, I'm Hassan


I'm an artisan, working on designing and implementing wooden pieces of art based on traditional techniques such as Fret-saw works, Veneer works, Oyma, Wood Inlay, and kündekari, and I have experience in that that exceeds seven years.

Wood Working

Oyma

Khait Arabi



I founded my "Khashaba" project more than 7 years ago. And through it, I offer products such as home décor, home accessories, wooden signs, frames, wooden portraits, accessories, and more. All of these products totally handmade.

Recently, I graduated from the Jameel House scholarship for traditional arts. I studied Islamic and traditional design and its applications on wood.


My graduation project was about the art of the "Mangour", which is an extinct art in Egypt. It is simply a kind of wood interlocking art to produce shapes based on the octagonal shape and is usually used in "Mashrabiya" in Egypt what's known as the "Roshan" in the KSA.


I'm joining the "Maker diploma" to find a link between what I have learned in traditional methods and digital fabrication, In order to save what is left of these arts alive.

I graduated from the Faculty of Commerce, Department of Business Administration, and I work as a business developer in a training and consulting corporate, and I'm also a freelance graphic designer.

I love reading, writing, photography, voiceover, drawing, and watching old movies.