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Longingby `majnouna

Traditional Art / Typography / Calligraphy

Complete list of originals for sale, silkscreen and other prints in my Calligraphy Catalogue. Commission info here.

I wanted to work on more calligraphy, and the word: شوق Shawq, or Longing, was suggested to me.
It turned out to be quite a challenge. It doesn't offer much to work with, and forces its dots upon you because it would be too easy to misread it as Souq (bazaar) without them. It called for a cursive solution, but my training is with the geometric Kufi, so I was leaning towards a geometric solution, particularly one I could arrange in a circle, which is my current shtick.

The final solution was a sudden click: by the end of the study I knew I wanted to open up the Qaf and gild the space inside to symbolize potential, but I had almost given up when the egg shape came to mind, a perfect expression of the pregnancy of Longing.
Then the 3-circle design fell into place, nicely mirrored by the dots on the ش, and the circular arrangement called for itself.

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~Sharingan-Zero Sep 25, 2011

I love it, so artistic!

`majnouna Sep 25, 2011 Professional General Artist

Great!

=Kessima Jul 29, 2011 Student Digital Artist

This is so beautiful! Great work.

`majnouna Jul 29, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks a lot!

~Chibimita Jul 15, 2011 Student General Artist

This reminds me of it. [link]

`majnouna Jul 15, 2011 Professional General Artist

Hmmm...

~Chibimita Jul 19, 2011 Student General Artist

maybe I was exaggerating a bit....:-S

~medievallass Jul 11, 2011

Beautiful work Cedarseed! It's really eye catching. The use of red on white with the gold is stunning. There is definitely a sense of Shawq about it. I love the concept of a rounded pregnancy of longing.

Hayley

`majnouna Aug 16, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks very much!

~medievallass Aug 16, 2011

You're welcome, your work is wonderful!

Hayley

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