MAJD ALMAGRABI
A glimpse of my life.
I carry the memory of Damascus into my work, shaping ideas into form by hand. With more than two decades in floral art, I create distinctive floral experiences and help others develop a creative language of their own.
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MAJD ALMAGRABI
A story held in memory. A mark made by hand.
I carry Damascus within me. Its stone, its courtyards, the light slipping into its old homes, the beauty living in its details. My feeling for colour began there, along with my attachment to things that hold a spirit and a memory.
I began with small hands and a responsibility greater than my years. I entered floral art early and made my way day by day, through practice, persistence and a determination that deepened over time. Among stems and materials, I found a way to give form to what I felt—something others could see and touch.
From Damascus to Dubai, then Riyadh, I carried those beginnings with me. The places changed, the work grew, and my hands became more capable of bringing what I imagined into being. At every stage, something urged me to take a chance on a new idea and reconsider the limits of what I could make.
Sometimes a piece begins with a note of piano music. Sometimes with a passing colour, a fold of fabric or a shadow on stone. The idea stays within me, moving and expanding, until I feel it is time to make it. Then the materials become an extension of the feeling: a line rising, a mass holding open space, a colour giving the setting its presence.
I give something of myself to my work every time: my memory, my intuition and the passion that keeps me searching, experimenting and refining my artistic approach. I want a piece to hold the eye and leave its owner with a feeling they can return to, even after its moment has passed.
Today, that journey extends into teaching. In courses, seminars and workshops, I meet people whose ideas need room and confidence. I help them bring those ideas forward, turning imagination into intention, intention into skill, and skill into work that carries their own character and gives them something to build upon.
I am moved by the moment someone looks at a piece they have made with their own hands and realises they are capable of more than they imagined. That is where I feel my experience beginning to bear fruit in another way.
What began in my hands, I now hope to see grow in the hands of others: work, opportunity and creativity that endures.