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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
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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
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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
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