Our member, Kira Dirlik, created this exquisite art,
"Sultans of Kabul - Afghan Lorry" for the "Kite and Veil" art show that was a part of the Chatham County Public Read. Their book of the year was Khahled Hossein's deeply moving, The Kite Runner. It was also a recent selection in The Dragon's Cauldron book club.

Her piece was featured in the News&Observer on Saturday, March 12, in the Home and Garden section.




From the Chatham website:
Kira Dirlik has created a wonderful ceramic hand-painted truck detailed as the Afghani’s paint their trucks. She was inspired by the images of a scene in the book where Amir’s family were smuggled in an oil tanker and recalled a book she had seen 25 years earlier of “Afghan Trucks” by Jean-Charles Blanc. The detail in this piece is remarkable and is of course a “pot."  She created a “thrown carpet on the top as a nesting spot for a couple of hens” which serves as a lid to the pot.