Available Works
I have a number of finished pieces ready for purchase.
All are bordered with my own handmade ebru papers, created by floating paints on thickened water and manipulating patterns into the paint.
I only ever use handmade papers that I have treated with a coating called ahar and burnished with agate until they are at a state where they can accept the ink. The process takes many hours per sheet and is the traditional way of preparing paper for Islamic calligraphy that goes back more than a millennium.
I can also provide frames and matting for the work. If you are interested in having it framed, please email me at arabic.calligrapher@gmail.com.
None of these compositions are my own; they are my studies of great masters' famous works. They are thus unsigned and I intentionally leave pause-breaks in the letters.
I ship via USPS worldwide.
Composition by Halim Efendi (d. 1964) of Ma Sha Allah with a blue speckled inner ebru bordering and a hatip style outer ebru border with red and green hatips. All ebru handmade by artist. 11"x11". Framing and matting available.
Composition by Ismail Hakki Bey (d. 1946) of Nur a'la Nur (Light Upon Light) with a lahore blue battal inner ebru bordering and a hatip style outer ebru border with white and green hatips. All ebru handmade by artist. 13.5"x13.5". Framing and matting available.
Barakallah (Blessings of Allah) with a ochre and tan battal inner ebru bordering and a blue Hatip outer ebru with green and white hatips. All ebru handmade by artist. 13.5"x13.5". Framing and matting available.
Composition by Ahmet Kamil (d. 1941) of Ya Allah (O Allah) with a blue battal ebru border. All ebru handmade by artist. 8"x6". Framing and matting available.
The famous composition by Mustafa Rakim (d. 1825) of Rabbi Yassir waLa tu'assir, rabb tammam bil'kheyr waBehthiqati (Lord, make it easy; don't make it difficult. Lord, make it end well and with confidence.) with a forest green and blue battal outer ebru bordering and a light green ebru inner border. Calligraphy is soot ink on hand-dyed ahar paper dyed and prepared by artist. All ebru handmade by artist. 10"x17". Framing and matting available.
Composition by Ismail Hakki Bey (d. 1946) ofEdeb ya Hu in Celi Sulus script with a red and blue tiger's eye ebru bordering. All ebru handmade by artist. 10"x13". Framing and matting available.
Composition by Hamid Aytac (d. 1982) of Allah Wahdeh (Allah is One) with a red and tan battal inner ebru bordering and a light green outer ebru. All ebru handmade by artist. 13.5"x13.5". Framing and matting available.
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim (In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful) with a light grey battal and blue hatip inner ebru bordering. All ebru handmade by artist. 5"x16". Framing and matting available.
Composition by Hamid Aytac (d. 1982) of Allah, Jal waJalalahu (Allah, Praised and Exalted) with a forest green and blue battal outer ebru bordering and a light green inner border. All ebru handmade by artist. 10"x10". Framing and matting available.
Composition by Hamid Aytac (d. 1982) of Muhammad, 'Aleyhi as-Salaam (Muhammad, peace be upon him) with a forest green and blue battal outer ebru bordering and a light green inner border. All ebru handmade by artist. 10"x10". Framing and matting available.
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim (In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful) in Muhaqqaq script with a grey mat and blue hatip inner ebru bordering. All ebru handmade by artist. 6"x13". Framing included.
"We Have on this Earth What Makes Life Worth Living" Quote by Palestinian poet laureate Mahmoud Darwish. Written in Kufi Mashriqi script with a blue and yellow battal ebru bordering. All ebru handmade by artist. 8"x17". Framing and matting available.
Composition by Ali Alparslan in Celi Talik script with a light grey outer border and red and blue inner ebru. Thai mulbery ahar paper. All ebru handmade by artist. 8"x17". Framing and matting available.
After Sevki Efendi. (d. 1887) of Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim (In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful) and Rabbi Yassir waLa tu'assir, rabb tammam bil'kheyr waBeh (Lord, make it easy; don't make it difficult. Lord, make it end well and with...) in both Sulus and Nesih scripts. Bordered with a deep red ochre and blue battal ebru bordering on ahar paper hand-dyed by artist. All ebru handmade by artist. 15"x17". Framing and matting available.
After Sevki Efendi. (d. 1887) of Rabbi Yassir waLa tu'assir, rabb tammam bil'kheyr waBeh (Lord, make it easy; don't make it difficult. Lord, make it end well and with...) in Nesih script. Bordered with a light blue battal ebru and two inner hatips. Calligraphy is soot ink on on ahar paper hand-dyed by artist. All ebru handmade by artist. 5"x12". Framing and matting available.
Talik script with a light blue and yellow outer border and black inner ring. Thai mulbery ahar paper. All ebru handmade by artist. 8"x17". Framing and matting available.
Allahuma Sall 'Ala al-Nabi al-Hashemi Muhammad wa 'Ala aalihi waSallam tasleeman (O Allah pray upon our Hashemi Prophet Muhammad and upon his family, may our prayers be accepted) on Thai mulberry ahar paper with a light blue battal inner ebru bordering and a hatip style outer ebru border with light ochre and blue hatips. All ebru handmade by artist. 9"x22". Framing and matting available.
Composition by Hamid (d. 1982) of Kun FaYakun (Be and It Shall Be) with a light ochre ink with blue and yellow battal ebru bordering on ahar paper hand-dyed by artist. All ebru handmade by artist. 15"x15". Framing and matting available.