Recent Comments
Category Archives: Animals الحيوانات
The works included here feature Zoomorphic Calligraphy in its truest sense, i.e Arabic calligraphy which depicts animals. This sections is not called Zoomorphic Calligraphy, because in many circles zoomorphic calligraphy has come to include calligraphy which forms not only animals but also people and objects as well.
Mutanabbi’s Lion
This piece features Al-Mutanabbi’s proverb “إذا رأيت نيوب الليث فلا تظنن أن الليث يبتسم” “Just because you see the lion’s teeth don’t assume that the lion is smiling” The quote is written exactly six times throughout the image of the … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Famous Quotesاقتباس مشهور, Poetry شعر
|
Tagged abbasid, Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, Arabic script, art, caligraphie, calligraphie, Calligraphy, Diwani, Diwani Jali, fine art, Iraq, Islamic Art, kaligrafi, lion, Middle East, mutanabbi, proverb, script, فنون جميلة, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني
|
2 Comments
Surah 105 – The Elephant سورة الفيل
This piece is part of my recent experiments with color, in this case using just my favorite green, the color of Islam. The elephant is formed entirely using only Arabic calligraphy in the ornamental Diwani Jali script. The text in … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Islamic الإسلامية, Projects مشاريع
|
Tagged Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, Arabic script, art, barbee, caligraphie, calligraphie, Calligraphy, color of islam, colour calligraphy, Diwani, Diwani Jali, Elephant, everitte, Everitte Barbee, fine art, green elephant, ink, Islam, Islamic Art, Israel, kaligrafi, Middle East, Muslim, pen and ink, print, Quran, script, sura al-fil, surah 105, surat al-fil, the elephant, typography, فن, فنون جميلة, الخط السلطان, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني, سورة الفيل
|
Leave a comment
Lizard’s First Law of Inertia Color Original – قانون السحلية للقصور الذاتي
Recently I have been experimenting with color, and have done several new Quranic designs as well as reworking some of my originally black and white designs which I think work well in color. This piece is a color original based … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Poetry شعر
|
Tagged Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, Arabic script, art, barbee, caligraphie, calligraphie, Calligraphy, colour calligraphy, Diwani, Diwani Jali, emily ballou, everitte, Everitte Barbee, fine art, ink, Islam, kaligrafi, lizard, lizard's law of inertia, Middle East, pen and ink, poetry, script, typography, فن, فنون جميلة, الخط السلطان, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني
|
Leave a comment
Welsh Flag علم ويلز
58x42cm, a recent commission for a friendly Welshman. Yes, I realize that I’m catering to a very niche market with this one… The (colourless) Flag of Whales is depicted using the Diwani Jali Arabic Calligraphy script featuring the words from … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Humour دعابة, Poetry شعر, Political سياسي
|
Tagged Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, Arabic script, art, barbee, caligraphie, calligraphie, Calligraphy, Diwani, Diwani Jali, dragon, everitte, Everitte Barbee, fine art, flag, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Humor, ink, Islam, Islamic Art, kaligrafi, Middle East, national anthem, patriotism, pen and ink, poetry, Politics, print, script, typography, فن, فنون جميلة, wales, welsh flag, welsh national anthem, الخط السلطان, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني
|
Leave a comment
Lizard’s First Law of Inertia قانون السحلية للقصور الذاتي
42x29cm Ink On Paper The image in this piece is created using only the Diwani Jali Arabic Calligraphy script from the poem ‘Lizard’s First Law of Inertia’ by Scottish Poet, Emily Ballou. The poem is written exactly once from head … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Humour دعابة, Poetry شعر
|
Tagged America, Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, Arabic script, art, barbee, caligraphie, calligraphie, Calligraphy, calligraphy lizard, Diwani, Diwani Jali, emily ballou, everitte, Everitte Barbee, fine art, freedom, inertia, ink, Islam, Islamic Art, kaligrafi, law, lizard, Middle East, peace, pen and ink, poem, poetry, print, script, the world according to lizard, typography, فن, فنون جميلة, الخط السلطان, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني
|
2 Comments
Groucho’s Elephant الفيل في منامتي
This elephant is drawn from the Arabic calligraphy Diwani Jali script, using only the words form the Groucho Marx quote. “One Morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How it got into my Pajamas I’ll never know.” Marx’s Elephant … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Famous Quotesاقتباس مشهور, Humour دعابة
|
Tagged Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, art, barbee, calligraphie, Calligraphy, Diwani, Djali, Elephant, everitte, Everitte Barbee, fine art, Groucho Marx, Humor, Humour دعابة, ink, kaligrafi, Middle East, Pajamas, pen and ink, typography, فن, فنون جميلة, الخط السلطان, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني
|
Leave a comment
Emerson and the Camel إمرسون والجمل
The believing we do something when we do nothing is the first illusion of tobacco. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson People complaining about smoking here: It’s the real deal, honkies.
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Famous Quotesاقتباس مشهور, Pop Culture ثقافة شعبية
|
Tagged Animals, Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, Arabic script, art, barbee, calligraphie, Calligraphy, Camel, camel cigarettes, cigarettes, Diwani, Diwani Jali, Emerson, everitte, Everitte Barbee, fine art, ink, kaligrafi, Middle East, pen and ink, Ralph Waldo Emerson, script, Smoking, Transcendentalism, Transcendentalist, typography, فن, فنون جميلة, الخط السلطان, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني
|
Leave a comment
Giraffe of Damascus زرافة من دمشق
Dimensions of Original Piece: 45x35cm A giraffe is depicted using only the letters and shapes found in the Diwani Djali Arabic script. The text reads; “Syria needs trade sanctions like a giraffe needs a throat infection.” The text is written … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Political سياسي
|
Tagged Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, art, barbee, calligraphie, Calligraphy, Damascus, everitte, Everitte Barbee, fine art, giraffe, ink, kaligrafi, Middle East, pen and ink, Syria, typography, فن, فنون جميلة, الخط السلطان, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني
|
1 Comment
Darwish’s Horse فرس الدرويش
This piece of Arabic Calligraphy depicts a horse using the text of Mahmoud Darwish’s poem Take My Horse and Slaughter It. The poem is written exactly once, beginning in the head of the horse and finishing in the tail in … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Palestine فلسطين, Poetry شعر
|
Tagged Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, art, barbee, calligraphie, Calligraphy, Darwish, everitte, Everitte Barbee, fine art, horse, ink, kaligrafi, Mahmoud, Mahmoud Darwish, Middle East, Palestine, pen and ink, take my horse and slaughter it, typography, فن, فنون جميلة, محمود درويش, West Bank, الخط السلطان, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني
|
8 Comments
Yoda
Yoda is depicted using only the characters and shapes of Arabic Diwani Jali Script from two of Yoda’s famous quotes from the Star Wars saga. These quotes can be seen below in English. An interesting and truly unique addtion to … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals الحيوانات, Famous Quotesاقتباس مشهور, Humour دعابة, Pop Culture ثقافة شعبية, Portaits بورتريه
|
Tagged Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, art, barbee, calligraphie, Calligraphy, everitte, Everitte Barbee, film, fine art, ink, kaligrafi, Middle East, movies, pen and ink, Pop culture, quotes, sci fi, science fiction, Star Wars, typography, فن, فنون جميلة, Yoda, الخط السلطان, الديواني الجلي, خط, خط عربي, ديواني
|
Leave a comment
