Zahra Amini Logo

Call Me Rusty 

The story of this book is about a raw chunk of black iron metal that is different from other iron metals. It has a heart and feelings! The name is Rusty. Rusty’s days as a raw chunk of iron soon ended when he was taken to the factory by humans. In the factory, he saw shiny iron pieces in different shapes and sizes, and when he figured it out, these glossy pieces are weapons. He becomes worried if humans want to use him to make more weapons. But he is wrong and…

The writer of the book is Amall Abdullah and illustrated by me.

This book published by Baa Center publication in 2019.          

Technique: Monoprint, pencil, gouache, photomontage and Collage

All textures made by hand and different stuff, mostly monoprint, also all of the objects and characters are collages. I made the background textures with acrylic on talc paper.

Zahra Amini was born in 1995 in Esfahan. Growing up in Esfahan, the city of beauty and art, can be one of the reasons she fell in love with art. She loves plants, trees and flowers; they have been her main inspiration throughout the years. Zahra worked predominately in the medium of painting and illustrating.

You have been successfully Subscribed! Ops! Something went wrong, please try again.