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General Categories => Eastern Calligraphy => Topic started by: AAAndrew on March 31, 2017, 10:58:27 AM
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I am not Armenian, but I married into the clan.
If there's one civilization that has revered it's alphabet, it's the Armenians. The alphabet is a symbol of national identity. You find it engraved on jewelry along with the Armenian cross as the major symbols of the Armenian people.
I found a wonderful site that presents Armenian calligraphy, it's history, tools, variations etc... Quite a lovely site. It is also replete with beautiful examples and videos of how to write specific letters.
http://15levels.com/art/armeniancalligraphy/
Enjoy.
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Wonderful. Thank you Andrew.
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Calligraphy is beautiful in every language. I like the piece that shows the circles within - similar to our ovals. Thanks for sharing. :)
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They're such unique letterforms that deserves recognition. Thanks for sharing with us Andrew.
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How beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing :D
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That is one wonderful site. Thanks.
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I want to learn this. Well said @Erica McPhee, Calligraphy is beautiful in every language.
Thanks for sharing Andrew.
-Ashok
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My 25th wedding anniversary is coming up next week and so I commissioned Ruben Malayan, the gentleman I linked to above, to create a piece for my wife. Her Armenian mother passed away in 1983 in an automobile accident. I asked Ruben to right out her name, the dates and the Armenian version of In Memorium.
He sent me a photo today of what he did. He did it in both black and blue and is sending them both to me. I particularly love the blue. Here's what it looks like.
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This is what it looks like in computer font so you can compare letter forms.
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Andrew,
This is a lovely tribute. Thank you for sharing this letterform. I continue to be in awe of the many varied letter forms in our world and how beautiful they are.
Happy Anniversary :)
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Just received a note from the artist. The ink he used is Pelikan Turquiose.
The style is called "Bolor'gir" which literally means "round" letters but actually refers to the flowing nature of it.