Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 8 February 2019

1. Exterior of artisan Ahmad Angawi's family home

2. Various of interior of family home showing remains of wild beehive

3. Current hive of wild bees between the window and the roshan in Ahmad Angawi's home

Paris, France - 6 April 2018

4. Various of Ahmad Angawi talking to a visitor about his art piece on the adjacent wall

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 8 February 2019

5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Angawi, artisan:

"The two projects began at the same time. They built the beehive behind the roshan. So I had two thoughts. One was about the cells - the hexagonal shape shown and how it came about; the other was the Mangour which hasn't been worked on for some time and there is no mathematical explanation of this."

London, UK - 3 September 2018

6. Various of Ahmad Angawi and his team making the Mangour screens

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 2 February 2017

7. Various of Ahmad Angawi's art piece in the Saudi Art Council's 21,39 arts gathering

8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Angawi, artisan:

"Looking at the bees' way of building their hives and trying to learn from them and also looking at the roshan or window blind and how that came into being. It's good to connect this form of handicraft with something theoretical and meaningful spiritually and mentally. Now we're living in a world of technology and it is interesting to see how we can introduce this to work with our past traditions. I used laser because in every age artists use the best tools available."

London, UK - 5 April 2019

9. Various of the Mangour screens installed in the Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World in the British Museum

10. Venetia Porter, curator, looking at artifacts on display a cabinet

11. Tilt down in gallery to screen shadow on floor

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Venetia Porter, Curator, British Museum:

"One of the lovely things about these screens made by Ahmad Angawi is that he's using these ideals of geometry and he's using them in a very contemporary way. So one of the things I find fascinating about these Mangour screens is that he hasn't just copied the woodworking techniques of the Hijaz - this Mangour technique that you find in the old houses of Jeddah still - but he's reinterpreted them in a very contemporary way."

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 8 February 2019

13. Various of houses in Al Balad, the old city

London, UK - 5 April 2019

14. Various of screens in the British Museum

15. Various of Venetia Porter, curator looking at artifacts in a display cabinet

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Venetia Porter, Curator, British Museum:

"So in this second gallery we've got a very different atmosphere from the first gallery. So while in the first gallery, we were able to have much higher light levels and so you can really see the play of light and shadow through those Mangour screens. Here we had to reduce the light levels because we're showing light sensitive works, works on paper and textiles, and there's only one screen in here."

17. Close of Mangour screen in gallery

18. Islamic gallery showing a Mangour screen

19. Various of Mangour screen shadow on floor of gallery

One of the more unusual houses in Jeddah belongs to Dr. Sami Angawi, a respected architect.

Like father like son - the young Angawi, Ahmed, is a designer - with a difference.

Growing up, he watched bees meticulously build their hive between the glass pane and the Mangour screen in his living room in Jeddah.

Observing the activity of the bees over a period of time and noticing the regularity of the shape the bees produced, Ahmed - who is a long time admirer of Islamic geometry - started to build ornate wooden panels.

In 2018, his work went on display at the Art Paris Art Fair, shown in the Saudi Arabian section of the international fair.

Saudi artisan Ahmed Agawi says he brought together in his mind the two elements close to his childhood window - the beehive and the window shutter.

"I had two thoughts," he explains.

"One was about the cells - the hexagonal shape shown and how it came about; the other was the Mangour which hasn't been worked on for some time and there is no mathematical explanation of this."

What is unusual about the Mangour window shutters is that no nails are used in their construction.

They are entirely handmade and based on a traditional technique.

In 2017, they were shown at 21,39, Jeddah's annual art event as hanging abstract shapes.

Ahmad Angawi, who studied at the Prince's Foundation School of Traditional Arts in London and now runs the Jameel House of Traditional Arts in the old town of Jeddah, says the shape of the cells within the hive and the subtlety of the geometric shutters led him to use contemporary technology.

"I used laser because in every age artists use the best tools available," he says.

Five screens were specially commissioned for use in the Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World in the British Museum in London which opened in October 2018.

The screens add atmosphere and resonate with many of the objects on display that also have similar geometric designs.

While not placed in a display cabinet, the Mangour act as a filter to the outside world.

The clever interplay of light and shade filtering through turns them into an integral part of the galleries.

Venetia Porter, curator at the British Museum, says that the charm of the Mangour is that they are based on traditional techniques seen in Jeddah Old Town but have a contemporary feel.

"He hasn't just copied the woodworking techniques of the Hijaz - this Mangour technique that you find in the old houses of Jeddah still - but he's reinterpreted them in a very contemporary way," says Porter.

The Mangour are an outstanding part of the gallery.

The mathematical precision which suggests infinity is a part of Islamic traditional design.

Venetia Porter explains that there are more screens in the first gallery than in the second.

"Here we had to reduce the light levels because we're showing light sensitive works, works on paper and textiles, and there's only one screen in here," she says.

The Mangour screens play a part in defining the mood of the Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World - a treasure trove of objects showing the art of symmetry and precision.

The subtle lights that spreads around the gallery repeat the language of geometry and the enduring techniques of master craftsmen.