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Genedy experimented with materials such as
leaves and money before settling on a substance he says is
versatile and cheap - salt.
Genedy, who crafts images of Egyptian and international
celebrities and landmarks, says he thinks only a handful of
artists worldwide use the mineral.
Surrounded by assorted colours of salt in his home studio in a
village in the Nile Delta province of Sharqia, the 24-year-old
says he developed a secret technique to fix his images.
"At first it took me four or five hours to make a picture with
salt then I had to erase it, but later I had the idea of looking
for a way to preserve these works," he said.
"After several attempts I was able to find a way to fix the
pictures," Genedy said, adding some of his salt works have been
hanging on the wall for more than three years.
He makes a small income from selling paintings, but hopes his
salt art will win recognition in Cairo and internationally.
(Reporting by Amr Abdallah Dalsh; Editing by Gayle Issa)
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