kufi and khat

A sharing of two designs proudly displayed in our house:

A square kufic reading 'Allah' in Arabic: Acrylic on canvas. Our own design.

A calligraphic piece - a khat - reading 'nagfa' and our names, designed by Malaysia's awangpurba, one of the best we've known in the fields of Islamic art. His website: here.

Hidup Melayu! A response to AwangPurba's aesthetically pleasing Malay-oriented design:

ambigram: iron.maiden

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A nagfa version. Previous takes: by Brad Williams (here) and Awangpurba (here, also below).

'iron maiden' by awangpurba (malaysia)

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Already on the topic, why not a reflection?

reflection: iron.maiden
the original logo

reflection: awangpurba

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(Macam yg ku da janji, bro..! Kupasti ko ble buat lebih brutal..) A stunning talent from Malaysia. Take a look: here.

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Our previous Awang Purba design - as an ambigram:

ambigram: awangpurba

ambigram: awangpurba

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An ambigram tribute for a close ally: awangpurba from Malaysia. His link: here.

nagfa proudly presents our fantastically-talented artist-friend, Md. Saad Md. Sarip a.k.a. awangpurba from Malaysia. His refreshing art is a hybrid of the Islamic-Middle-eastern-based calligraphy of 'Khat', and pictograms. The results are fun, and often paradoxymoronic depiction of stylish images. Some of our favourite awangpurba pieces:

How about this: a cromok (Malaysian band) logo which could be read in English alphabets and Malay-based Arabic writing of Jawi: