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.

A design for Chinese New Year reading 'Xin Nian Kuai Le' in Chinese characters. With the hidden 1E4, Nag's class. Written on the classroom's whiteboard.

Kufic Tutorial Link

As we are still on the subject of Kufic Calligraphy, we feel it is only appropriate to highlight one of the most popular websites to offer tutorials on the different forms of the art: SAKKAL DESIGN

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Update: Another interesting blogpost, this time on A Workshop on Kufic Calligraphy for Non-Arabs, in Amsterdam, Holland: Pascal Zoghbi's website

concept piece: tikus

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The calligraphic-style depiction of a 'tikus' (Malay for mouse), also formed by the letters spelling out 'tikus'.