Calligraphy Qalam: An Introduction to Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Calligraphy

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1. adnc
   Member

   Hello,

   after several tries making my own ink I think I found some good compromises. In terms of mixing I still wonder if a sort of shaking would help. Maybe a technique of this kind (from 0:31 on) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bart+bier+sch%C3%BCtteln&aq=f

   Josh has a nice blog-post about this topic where he says that keeping it in a blender for a week and mixing it every waking hour.

   Posted 8 years ago #

2. addi
   Member

   hi adnc
   Nice to listen it, u have made your ink but i still preparing lamp black ink.

   Posted 8 years ago #

3. addi
   Member

   Do you know about tezhip art

   Posted 8 years ago #

4. adnc
   Member

   Unfortunately I do not know more about it than having seen it on some calligraphic work. If I'm not wrong Mr. Zakariya does it himself. At least I saw it on his website.

   You have to find out yourself.

   Posted 8 years ago #

5. addi
   Member

   hi Adnc.
   Do you use skype,may you share your skype id and email address.

   Posted 8 years ago #

6. adnc
   Member

   Hi Addi,

   I don't use skype or similar and I don't think I could be of much help. I'm really an amateur and just experimenting a bit with ink and paper.

   Posted 8 years ago #

7. JoshBerer
   Member

   Addi,
   Tezhip is an art mainly practiced in Turkey and Iran today. It involves very complex designs on a tiny level, oven with mirrored or repeated geometric designs. Since most of the work is done in Turkey, most of the material written about it is in Turkish. Lessons are given in Istanbul at http://www.klasikturksanatlarivakfi.com/ and in london at http://www.psta.org.uk/

   Posted 8 years ago #

8. JoshBerer
   Member

   Adnc,
   Did cleaning the pens work much?
   Also, have you seen this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fypi6dAJB8E
   Different ink, but man what I would give for one of those 3 mill rollers.

   Posted 8 years ago #

9. adnc
   Member

   Thanks Josh,

   yes cleaning the pen reduces that effect. I'm cleaning the pens all the time or recutting them.

   Unfortunately I can not watch that video from Germany. On that video there is a copyright. If you could give me some keywords, or an alternative link I might be able to find it myself.

   Posted 8 years ago #

10. asadgaad
    Member

    hi addi

    if you are interested in tezhip art i can help you plentiful i hope you are fluent in english. you can skype me on asad_gaad. i am a pilot myself, but greatly interested in calligraphy and tezhip and practise it at an advanced level myself.

    regards

    asad

    Posted 7 years ago #

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