A mammoth work employing the skills of 10,000 people has just been completed in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous region. The work has already earned recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the calligraphy work with the highest number of...

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An international team of calligraphers and artists is working on The Saint John's Bible, portions of which are presently on display at the Tacoma Art Museum. It's the first commissioned handwritten, illustrated Bible in 500 years. By Janet I. Tu.
Topics: bible, calligraphers, calligraphy

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source: The Middle East Interest History of Persian Scripts: In the ancient Persia and in the different historic eras, languages such as “Ilami”, “Avestaaee”, “Pahlavi”, and “Farsi-e-Mianeh” were spoken. It is believed that ancient...

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BEIJING, July 7 -- One year after Beijing won the rights to host the Games, organizers launched a contest in a bid to find a special logo for China's largest public event. As an art form, seal cutting imposes exact demands upon scholar-artists, in...

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A great tool to help you practice the calligraphy alphabet. If you only have a spare 30 minutes or so to do some practicing, you don’t want to spend most of that time ruling-up. The Guidline Generator from Scribbers is a great practice aide. Simply...
Topics: calligraphy practice, calligraphy tools

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