Enamel paint on copper with silver chain.
Pendant: approx. 5 x 5cm Chain: approx. 36cm
Enamel paint is glass based and it has been fired at a high temperature, making it prone to breaking if dropped.
As a new comer to Canada I spend hours wondering in the city to learn more about the new enviroment and the society I live in now. Soon I realized I had to literally retrain my brain to unlearn and relearn everything and every simple move such as crossing the street and so on.I decided to take this awkward experience and turn it in to a project called " This is what I see". Because of my lack of communication in English I started imagining all these persona and characters when I came across a new experience such as seeing a doctor or simply getting on the bus and not knowing what to say and what to do!
I created these set of pendants so each holds a story and hoping that it gives my viewers an opportunity to determine how a new comer such as myself might experience a new begging. I am also hoping that these characters can carry their own story in the viewers mind and be fun to look at.
Nima Nasiri born in Iran, mastered enamelling at a very young age. As a self trained artist and business owner her realized the importance of academic training later-on in his life and pursued more education. He graduated from Isfahan University of Art in 2016. Nasiri has received handicraft award of excellence from Unesco Organization in 2010 and 2912 for his unique extraordinary skills and creativity as an enamelist. He was selected among many other artists in Iran to show case a series of works at the Paris, Revelation, 2019 in France. Nasiri is an honorarium recipient of excellency form the Ministry of Art and Culture in Tehran, Iran. He has participated in more than 40 solo and group exhibitions. He moved to Canada January 2021 and set up his studio in East Vancouver to start a new journey.