Folded Heart

The brief was to create a heart and to incorporate the client's wife’s birthstone into the artwork. I worked from the outside of the heart layering pearlescent silver discs and turquoise discs radiating into the middle. I wanted the colour to radiate out from the center and to look like a flower. To create the flower, I used Swarovski crystal petals, crackled glass beads, clear crystal beads in turquoise, tanzanite, and blue zircon which is his wife’s birthstone. I then added touches of clear and turquoise stones onto all the folded petals to add a radiating effect to the outside. The heart is mounted in a black box frame size 80cm x 80cm.

Kontextur and Kaniez Abdi Shower Curtain Collection

Abdi and Kontextur founder, Kenneth Schiller, worked closely together to develop this first line of tactile textiles. According to Schiller, “With this launch, we wanted to push the boundaries of the shower curtain and eschew the typical selection of cute, kitschy and dull in favour of modern, sexy and sophisticated -with a keen eye on functionality and concern for the environment.

Kontextur – a forward-thinking, home accessories company – is back on the scene with a new couture line of shower curtains. Collaborating with avant-garde British textile designer, Kaniez Abdi, Kontextür’s new KONTEXTÜR X ABDI collection features four mod designs, each with its own distinct personality and a broad range of colour ways. Favouring high-quality materials, the company is also pleased to announce its foray into the use of TPU – a high-performance, recyclable plastic that is much more environmentally friendly than PVC.

Blossom Shower Curtain

Bold pieces of found glow-edge PVC with nature-inspired patterns are available in vivid blue, vivid pink, vivid lime, vivid orange, brown taupe, or glossy white (PU) embroidered onto white bamboo with silver grommets.

Happiness Shower Curtain

An unexpected surprise, like a flower blooming from a crack in the sidewalk. Features metallic paillettes in violet, leaf green, silver, or bronzy gold, arranged in floral motifs on TPU with silver grommets.

Moondance Shower Curtain

Sheer, sexy, textured beauty. Laser-cut taffeta orbs in shades of blue, green/yellow, orange, gold, silver, or white, stitched in between organza and tulle.

Colour Coded Shower Curtain

Zigzag and embroidered stitching in multi-color, gold/silver, or black/white colorways on TPU and organza with silver grommets.

Private Commission for Conglomerate Ltd, Hong Kong

Collaboration with Conglomerate Ltd, Hong Kong. Kaniez's tarnished fabric is fused into glass table tops, for the hotel project.

Torin Over Exhibition

This was a group exhibition, based on the elements of earth, wind, fire, and water, crossing over into the realms of art. The exhibition was shown in Piazza della Repubblica 25, Torino Italy.

The concept for this project was to create a fabric that felt like air. I created a fabric that gave this feeling of wind, air, and space. The Spiral fabric was suspended in the air to create an illusion of a cloud. The installation is called Aria.

Kaniez Abdi shortlisted for the textiles for interiors category for the Wesley-Barrell Craft Awards

Interior shot of spiral fabric hanging inside Wesley-Barrell store

Tarnished Copper Sequin Canvas, private commission, UK

The Tarnished Moon, Trattoria Toscana, Trattoria, Milan exhibition

Ribbon circle canvas created for Indian restaurant, Staffordshire, UK

Stitched raffia canvases created for the Indian Restaurant, Staffordshire, UK

Leather Blossom Cutwork, commission for an Indian restaurant, Staffordshire, UK

Corn artwork created for the City Cafe Birmingham, UK

Moody Blue Tree Artwork

Art Exhibition on the London Underground

An exhibition showcasing the work of 12 artists, in Knightsbridge tube station. The exhibition was held in the concourse of the station leading out to Harrod's entrance. The artwork named Natural Lines was a black and white image of trees and blossoms in an abstract style, which was illuminated in a lightbox. The other artwork called Moody Blue was situated at the Embankment tube Station.

Natural Lines Artwork

Blossom digital art created for the Churchill Hotel, London

Textile art created for the Churchill Hotel, London

Apple chandelier created for Donna Karan exhibition, London

Commissions