1. How long have you been creating your art? What do you create?
I've been making art since I was a kid, but I started making art professionally since I went to a faculty of fine arts 7 years ago and joined the graphic arts department to learn printmaking techniques and learning drawing and painting with several materials.
So I'm a printmaking artist, creating prints by transferring ink from a matrix or through a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other material. I usually use zinc plates to make my prints and I made my graduation project by using printmaking techniques. Actually, printmaking is a hard process but I’m enjoying doing it.
2. What are you trying to communicate with your art?
I've always had a passion for art and I believe that, “art is not a thing , it is a way”, so art is a way for me to express myself and my life.
3. Is there a process or ritual you go through before you begin creating? And if so, what is it?
Yes, if I am preparing for a specific project, I always love to read about it and collecting any data talking about it and take many pictures and do so many sketches, all these things putting me in the mood of creating. Sometimes I just take a pencil and start direct to draw any thing without preparing.
4. Did you face any obstacles informing your parents about delving into the arts professionally?
Many Muslim families look down upon the arts in general as a career, were your parents accepting/supporting?
No , thanks God, my parents always supported me and always help me to be better, because they notice that I've a talent since I was a kid, so they already knew that I'm interested in art so I didn't face any problem in this part and they helped me to do what I love.
5. What advice would you give for those who are starting out or even just considering pursuing their artistic dreams?
I would advise them to do art with passion and from all their hearts, and don't do it for just making money or being famous, because once you become good at what you do all these things will come automatically, and always try to improve your skills and be aware of the new updates.
6. What inspires you - and do you use that inspiration directly to create a project or do you channel towards something you are already working on?
I am always inspired by people's struggles and their internal conflicts, every one of us fighting a war inside himself and this always touches and inspires me to create art works, and once I am inspired by something, I directly start to draw many sketches to put myself in the mood of creation.
7. What would people be surprised to learn about you?
Umm…I think I'm the only person on the earth who hates coffee and doesn't drink it at all. Another thing is that I don't like any pets and was always afraid to get close to them, but recently I have been trying to change that, so I bought a cat and I'm trying to be close to her and I'm happy with that .
You can also follow Doaa on Instagram: http://instagram.com/doaaeldemerdash and you can also find her and her powerful artwork on tumblr: http://doaaeldemerdash.tumblr.com/.
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