"These artworks in the "Paper Quilts" ongoing body of works speak to the collection of information via historical, regional, geographical, cultural, ancestral and experiential connections.I am a huge proponent of nothing being discarded from people deemed not worthy to items that are used, or old. I am highly inspired by the Gee's Bend Quilters who have made beautifully styled quilts that warm and sustain generations. The idea of using discarded things to recount the history of a place, and of a myriad of stories about culture, the state of the world, the migration of a thing or of the people all pieced together in a creation...is what I attempt to create in this body of work.The creation of these pieces are multifaceted as I start with drawing, move to carving lino or wood, hand dying papers, printing my extremities via the printmaking process, painting and stenciling multiple layers, configuring, and drying in order to layer all elements, including the addition of specialty papers, and other elements to balance the collage to completion. The pre-planning of the collage piece is based on intended meaning or sentiment of the overall piece, color, and the expressions represented through the hand positioning of the linocuts or wood cuts."

- Diyah Najah

Prints are produced on demand on stretched canvas, acrylic plexi, or giclee fine art paper in a variety of sizes here in the United States.

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