HANDS

A new brand in garden furniture and accessories

A team of craftsmen under the leadership of designers

Elhamy Naguib and Ahmed Sultan worked hard for six

months to produce a collection of garden furniture and

accessories under the brand name “ HANDS”

This collection includes tables, benches, flower pots, light

posts, garden sculpture and a variety of pieces of

functional art for outdoor and indoor uses.

Polystone is the material we use for our products. We

marry it successfully with a number of outdoor materials,

namely bronze, brass, wrougt iron, repousse, pierced and

hammered metals, stone, marble, mosaic and wetheared

 wood.

The collection draws from untapped resources in

Egyptian and world heritage. Ask about our Maria,

Aldonza, Fatima, Norag, Eleganza, and Piccola lines.

We participated in ” Le Marche”  trade fair in December

and drew positive feedback from landscapers, architects,

designers, city planners, and garden owners.

Our contracts to date include Al Rehab city, Herafiyyat,

Studio 206, and a number of residential orders.

The Naqada Report

The Ferka Town

A report and a media presentation on the village

architecture of Naqada is the culmination of a year long

effort by two groups.  A team of architects and a historian

 from the Earth Architecture  Association and artist Elhamy

 Naguib of Graffiti and his team of computer graphic

 designers.

The whole team worked under the leadership of architect Magdy Yakoub and the participation of architects Hatem, Lara, and Ahmed Gad

The financing of the project was made possible through the  generous contribution of the Goethe Institute.

The team hopes to publish the report by the year 2006. The report contains a historical introduction, 286 photos, 3 architectural

drawings, 9 sketches, 3 water colors,and 5 computer generated

analytical drawings.

For more information contact:

myacoub@link net or graffiticairo@yahoo.c

Nafahat

“The Art of medieval illumination”

This is our most recent project,  where we look into the

 Medie val Egyptian Qur’ans and Bibles for fresh

inspiration .

Our search was for colored cartouches and fields for

Arabic Calligraphy either for Divine or secular sayings.

What we discovered in our search was a confirmation of many scholars’ belief that the Medieval Egyptian

craftsman knew all the intricacies of his trade and how

to adapt his metier to the demands of the patrons

wether they were Moslems, Christians or Jews.         

Like the Medieval workshops our team includes calligraphers, artists, colorists and gilders. We added on the mix an art director and computer operators.

Our aim is to produce a  designing and

producing a new line of boxes.body of new work including printed matter,

ceramic tiles, peinture sous verre, fabrics and quilts. Find out with

us the endless possibilities that suit your tastes and desires.

Designed Sculptures

In response to designers’ request Graffiti started producing some of its popular figurines in large-sized sculptures. The idea is to provide the art community with a reasonable solution for decorative

sculpture. The new pieces tackles the play between miniature art and garden sculpture. One of our recent rewards is a request by world famous Egyptian artist George El Bahgoury to collaborate with him for the execution of a statue of the late legendary singer Omm

kalthoum..

BOXES

Jewelry boxes have been a fascination for Egyptians and visitors of

Egypt. Graffiti and Sandouqa are involved presently in

Inspiration for the new models come s from Bedouin Kilims and

from Ancient Egyptian and Coptic boxes. Follow us closely for new

designs and sophisticated craftsmanship.

    May 2005