The Art Of Calligraphy
From the start of the civilization, writing styles have been greatly developed, including tools and materials. During the prehistoric period, stones and sticks were used as tools to clay tablets for cave paintings. And there were reed pens for writing on papyrus, quill pens for parchment, which are similar to metal pens and ball pens in nowadays.
When I was young, I like to paint on different things to imitate Maori Rock Drawings. For example, I have once painted on a copper ash tray and it was very beautiful.
Nowadays, the art of calligraphy is commonly incorporated in advertising and designing. With the creativity of our modern artists, calligraphy is no longer seen only on papers, but also on other surfaces like fabrics, glass, ceramics, etc. 3D-designs are another commonly used technique as well.
With the valuable experiences of many calligrapher, modern calligraphy can be enhanced and inspired in today’s modern world. People should make use of these experiences to design and create outside the box and take calligraphy to a brand new era.
Calligraphy can be used as functional hand lettered inscriptions and designed as some fine arts, and sometimes the meaning of the words may supersede the clarity of the letters.
Apart from inscriptions and fine art designs, calligraphy can also be seen on many works that involve writing. For example, event invitations, wedding invitations, logo design, graphic design, certificates, memorial documents, religious art design, typography etc.
Before printing press was invented, books were used to be all handwritten on materials like vellum with quill and ink. And this beautiful art of writing was where the word calligraphy originated from.
Even with the invention of printing press, the art of calligraphy still remains (although a lot of them are now in digital forms). And the 3 most popular styles of calligraphy that are used nowadays include Roman, Arabic and Oriental.