Shaping Calligraphy
Although the art of calligraphy is so beautiful itself, but sometimes we insert some shapes into this nice art to make it more attractive.
It can be inclusive 2 kinds; the first kind is using geometric shapes, for example; Rectangle, circle, …
Let's see some shaping calligraphy with using geometric shapes:
Diagonal
I used a rectangle and diagonal lines inside it to make the shape of my writings better:
Diamond
In this writing, I try to use a rectangle and a diamond inside its heart. As you know diamond can refer to both a geometry shape (lozenge) and a nice worth jewel. It's the reason that I liked to call it "Diamond Calligraphy"
(Please click on photos to see their shapes better)
Why don't you try it?!
Writing in this form is really fantastic!
Just try once, please!
Replies
Let me put their poems here, they are Hafiz's poem (An Iranian Poet):
The first one:
What was inside me, it searched for, on the trail
That pearl that transcends time and place
Sought of divers whom oceans sail
My quest to the Magi my path trace
One glance solved the riddles that I Braille
Found him wine in hand and happy face
In the mirror of his cup would watch a hundred detail
I asked, "when did God give you this Holy Grail?"
Said, "on the day He hammered the world’s first nail!"
Even the unbeliever had the support of God
Though he could not see, God’s name would always hail
All the tricks of the mind would make God seem like fraud
Yet the Golden Calf beside Moses’ rod would just pale
And the one put on the cross by his race
His crime, secrets of God would unveil
Anyone who is touched by God’s grace
Can do what Christ did, without fail
And what of this curly lock that’s my jail
Said this is for Hafiz to tell his tale
The second one:
Openly I admit, with much joy and such glee;
Enslaved to your love, from both worlds I am free.
As a bird of Paradise, to parting I did agree
Fell in the trap of life and worldly tragedy.
I was an angel, I resided in the heavens;
Renovation of the world - the mission given to me.
The nymphs of paradise, the cool ponds and the tree
In the hope of union, swiftly left my memory.
On the tablet of my heart, inscribed from a to z
It is all about you, I can’t see other than thee.
No soothsayer foretold of my exit or entry
O Lord, this journey, why did you for me decree?
I am but a slave of the Tavern of Love
Each moment, a new pain becomes my new remedy.
If my bleeding heart pours out of my tearful eyes
It’s just, I deserve; why to others I make my plea?
Wipe away Hafiz’s tears with your hands so he can see
Or else, this flood, brings all of us to our knee.