S. J. Thomas, Calligrapher
— خطاط و خوشنويس — استوار طوماس —
I have been in love with pen and ink for most of my life. I began learning Persian/Farsi calligraphy in elementary school in Iran. Our teacher would walk around the class and cut a nib on each student’s reed pen and write out a line of poetry at the top of a notebook page. We would lean over our pages, copying the line of poetry over and over again. What a mess of we made with those reed pens dipped in bottles of ink!
I still use dip pens, both reeds and metal pens with reservoirs, as well as an array of other calligraphic tools. For intricate geometric borders I use very fine brushes with just a few hairs. Watercolor paintings require another assortment of brushes.
I have been a professional calligrapher for over 40 years. If you want to order Persian, Farsi, Arabic, Dari or Urdu calligraphy, please explore the options on this website. If you are interested in the many other world languages and scripts I work in, please visit www.palmstone.com
Illustration and Illumination
Many of my larger calligraphy works include elaborate border designs, illumination and watercolour illustration. I create original border designs in the tradition of manuscripts and miniature paintings from the Middle East, Europe and India.