Face behind Glass Calligraphy

𝐋𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟!⁣⁣⁣

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I’m Samra, and I’m the face, hands, and brain behind @glasscalligraphy. I was born in Kuwait, raised in Pakistan and a few years ago moved to Chicago. I started glass painting many years ago (in 2001) to ease my frustration of being lonely all the time but I never thought of taking it seriously until I painted my own wedding portrait. So my best friend made a sketch of my wedding photo and I wanted to save it and make it memorable. Since then it has been a gradual process of growth and improvement, one painting at a time. I had plenty of unsuccessful paintings but I kept learning and making.⁣ I'm still learning as I do a lot of experiments with my paintings, sometimes they don't work but I always get to learn something.⁣

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I love sharing my art through workshops, I teach kids and adult glass painting workshops. Besides art, teaching is also my passion, I have been a teacher for many years and belong to a family of passionate teachers. ⁣⁣

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So teaching my art is a form of giving back to the community. ⁣⁣

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My biggest goal this year is to stop playing with my own potential. ⁣

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