Tag: persian calligraphy
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What scripts do you find most rewarding to write?
My first calligraphy instruction was in Persian (Farsi)* which uses the Arabic script. After the fifth grade we had to pass a major government exam in all subjects in order to complete elementary school and move on with our education. Among those subjects was calligraphy. We used the traditional qalam ney—a reed pen—which our teacher…
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Zoomorphic Calligraphy Lion Tattoo
Zoomorphic calligram for a Persian tattoo in Farsi calligraphy: “Better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”
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Arabic Farsi Persian Dari Urdu Calligraphy
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Welcome to FarsiCalligraphy.com featuring the work of artist and calligrapher S. J. Thomas. Please explore the various portfolio galleries. Fill out a contact form if you need additional information or to request calligraphy and design work. calligraphy logo design الخطوط design home calligraphy fonts marriage license خطوط عربية marriage certificate calligraphy alphabet calligraphy letters…
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Persian, Urdu, Arabic and Farsi Calligraphy
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ORDER YOUR CALLIGRAPHY DESIGN I bring over 40 years of experience as a calligrapher to my work in Farsi, Persian, Urdu and Arabic Calligraphy. I work in both contemporary and traditional calligraphy styles, providing work for a diverse array of clients worldwide. For calligraphy in other languages and scripts, please visit my website palmstone.com. For…
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Names and Monograms
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If you want a unique calligraphic design of one or more names, you have come to right place. Simple or complex, free form or in a particular shape, mirror-style, kufic, buteh or teardrop, calligrams in the shape of an animal (zoomorphic) or plant or something else, all these designs–and many more–are possible. The gallery below…
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About Me
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[symple_tabgroup] [symple_tab title=”SPECIALTIES”] 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…
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Omar Khayyam
The 11th century poet, Omar Khayyam, says “I am my own, and, what I am, I am / من زان خودم چنان که هستم هستم” Calligraphy and hand painted border by Stewart J. Thomas, www.palmstone.com
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Rumi: sell your cleverness
This line of poetry from Rumi has been translated as “Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.” I prefer “Sell your cleverness and buy be-wonderment.” The Persian says: buy the art of wonder. Calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, www.palmstone.com
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Dance when you are perfectly free
“Dance when you are perfectly free” Persian (Farsi) calligraphy by S.J. Thomas. No Ruz Pirooz!
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Persian Names in Calligraphy
Persian names in calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, calligrapher. www.palmstone.com
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From the masters
From time to time I like to feature a wonderful work from the masters: Saki, album miniature, 1609 Reza Abbasi, 1565-1635
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Rumi: The Messiah is within my heart and like an invalid, I roam
A poem of Mawlana Rumi, “Nah man beehodeh gerde koocheh.” If you would like to hear this song sung in the Sufi ecstatic style, here is a link to a rendering by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The accent is definitely that of Pakistani Urdu, but the singing is all in the original Persian (Farsi), the…
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Rumi: Seek the science that unties for you this knot.
From Rumi: Seek the science that unties for you this knot. Seek it as long as there’s life in you still to be sought. Leave that nothing that looks like it is something; Seek that something that looks like nothing; it is not. Translation by Zara Houshmand Calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, palmstone.com
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Persian tattoo calligraphy
Persian calligraphy created as a tattoo design for a client. www.palmstone.com
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Wedding Monogram
Wedding Monogram created by Stewart J. Thomas combines two names inside of a floral teardrop. www.palmstone.com
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Rumi: If you want light . . .
“if you want light, you must light a fire” Persian poetry by Jalaluddin Maulana Rumi. Persian (Farsi) calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas www.palmstone.com.
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Rumi: Don’t sleep!
Poetry by Jalaluddin Rumi, calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, palmstone.com. A popular translation of this passage reads: “The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep! you really want. People are going back and forth across the…
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Zoomorphic Bird
Bird Calligraphy in Arabic Script. Calligraphy design by Stewart J. Thomas www.palmstone.com
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Meher Baba
This was commissioned by a follower of Meher Baba. Calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, www.palmstone.com
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Contemporary Kufic
A very loose rendering of contemporary Kufic style calligraphy. This is a Persian phrase that could be rendered into English as “In this world, not of this world.” Calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas. Commissions accepted at www.Palmstone.com
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Old Signage Photo
A great selection of Persian fonts and handwritten calligraphy in different sign formats. Great photograph, too. I love reflections and how they show the layering of what’s taking place in life. The intimacy of three people at a sandwich shop vs. the bustle of traffic outside is nicely juxtaposed in this photo.
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The tomb of Persian poet Omar Khayyam
The tomb of Persian poet Omar Khayyam, in Iran. This modern structure is a phenomenal piece of design, incorporating ancient architectural forms, open spaces for light, a continuing line which wraps the entire structure, and the panels of calligraphy which are, of course, lines from Khayyam’s Rubaiyat and other poems. The tombs of the poets…