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What is Calligraphy

Calligraphy means "beautiful writing". Calligraphy can be both a delight to the eye and an inspiration to the spirit. In our technological age, the appreciation for the art of calligraphy has grown incredibly. Calligraphy is a fun hobby, a great business, and a creative art. Calligraphy is an art form in which patience and attention to detail are more important than artistic talent. That means you don't have to be an "artist" to be good at calligraphy! It is one of the most enjoyable skills that a person can acquire. Art of Calligraphy is truthfully an expression of one's mind. It’s an expansion and a solid illustration of one’s ideas. Calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing. It’s an art form that has now reached common households. It is an art that cannot restrict itself to artists.
Calligraphy writing is a finer branch of paleography, or ancient writing. It is the art of fine writing or script. It is derived from the Greek word 'Kalla' which means "beautiful", and 'Graphia' which means "writing." Calligraphy is essentially defined as "written letters, dependent upon the flow and rhythm of the pen or brush", an art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner.
Itis an art of beautiful, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering with pen or brush and ink. It involves the correct formation of characters, the ordering of the various parts, and the harmony of proportions. The strokes when conformed to writing will give you various fonts and typesets but when one opens the inner eye and lets his imagination run wild, art masterpieces get created on plain canvases. When a person learns to write, he becomes literate and when he understands the essence of letters he transforms into an artist.

Calligraphy Course:
                                                Eligibility – Suitable and Ideal for kids between 6-15 years
                                                Duration –  2 days workshop followed by 3 months practice sessions
                                                Benefits:

- Improves concentration and attention
                                                - Develop good handwriting in kids.


Calligraphy: Scope

Calligraphy is an art, which can be used in commercial purposes successfully. The art of calligraphy has a tremendous potential and there are very few people working in this fields of Body Painting, Fashion, Interiors, Logos, T-shirts etc.
Calligraphy continues to flourish in society through wedding and event invitations, font Design/Project Works/Typography, original hand-lettered logo design, religious art, inscriptions and memorial documents. It is also used for props and moving images for film and television, testimonials, birth certificates, maps, and other works involving writing.


Benefits of learning Calligraphy

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Develops good handwriting in Kids

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Improves concentration

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Helps them to be more artistic and creative

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Increases their interest to further learn more styles in future

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Since this is a unique learning, the kids would surely stand out in their peer group

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It is fun to write in different attractive styles and gather not just attention but also appreciation

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It could be started as a hobby and further can even generate remuneration for assignments in certificate writing etc.


Calligraphy Tools

It is very important to be in tune with your instruments and tools of calligraphy to use them effectively. A complete mastery over the instrument able you to control it and handle it the way you want. The handwriting, its flow and vigor depend on the pen you use. A good pen is like a good friend, which will accompany you for long if you take good care of it. Pens and tool need mending and cleaning at regular intervals to produce the best results. Depending on the mediums the tools like pens, nibs, Boru (Reed), brushes, foam, hands, engraving tools, syringes etc. can be used.

Calligraphy: Medium
In conventional writing it’s the words, which impart the meaning whereas calligraphy expresses itself through forms and strokes. In today’s times, in addition to being a kind of communication, calligraphy is gaining immense popularity as a serious art form.
Through the style and composition of written forms the calligrapher attempts to visually interpret the spirit of texts, headlines, logos, painterly and abstract works. Along with its conventional ink on papers(handmade or processed), calligraphy has been tried in various innovative mediums too.
Since ancient times materials like stones, metal, Palm leaves, Birch Bark, wood, bamboo, bricks, clay tablets, cotton cloth have been used. In modern art, glass engraving etc. is also used as a medium for calligraphy and its artistic compositions.