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This article was originally published on Hue & Eye<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Naima Karim<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Naima Karim was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1976. She grew up in a creative environment, as her father, a doctor, and teacher in med school would create homemade furniture during the weekends while her mother would sew and embroid or make dolls. So Naima also used to paint, sew and embroid as a kid. As manual creative projects have always been present in Naima\u2019s habits she later pursued a Bachelor in Fine Arts. Naima then got married early and moved with her husband in the Netherlands in 2002. Here she decided to study Fashion Design and Pattern Making at the Artemis Mode Academie to gain her degree in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right after her wedding, though, an extreme event happened in Naima\u2019s life. She has been diagnosed with the Guillain Barre Syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that left her completely paralyzed. It took her more than a year to start walking again. This event happened during her academic career, and despite this, she persisted in finishing her degree. But all of those moments passed being in bed, watching the outside world and dreaming of running through grass fields made her a peculiar observer and led her to a special attraction for the sky and birds. \u201cWhen I was lying in bed and couldn\u2019t move any of my limbs, my only dream was to run across the grass field and look at the beautiful sky. Since then, the sky has been a big inspiration to me. It has no limit, and it is so big\u201d, she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naima was already keen on noticing the big multitude of colors a landscape may have, as she was painting<\/a> since her childhood, and this allowed her to get straight to the emotional level. To Naima, everything up in the sky has romance: the nights\u2019 hues, the sunrise and sunset shades, the bird flying next to the clouds, the rain, and it\u2019s mirrored effects.<\/p>\n\n\n