Letters Arts Review Annual Issue

My work got selected and published in this year's annual juried issue of Letters Arts Review, an excellent calligraphy magazine. There were total 314 entries created by 98 artists from 20 different countries. I am very happy and excited as judges selected my work and gave the opportunity to stand with other well known calligraphers. Also the exposure of Indian Devnagri script on international front. That's really motivating and gives me kick to do more challenging stuff.

An artwork which I sent was a popular poem by Late HarivanshRai Bachchan. Its in Devnagri script, written by Lamy fountain pen with blue ink on orange cartridge paper.

Thanks Alice, John Neal,  Christopher Calderhead.

 
Photo Credits for submission: Rajesh Dahiya

Scribble*r

Some online experiments with scribbler and LOVED it! Thanks Ghate

A BIG THANK YOU!!

Its been pending for a while; I take this opportunity to thank everyone to make this blog active and successful. 
I am enjoying this blog thoroughly not just calligraphy and design are my passion but also to meet nice, like minded people from various parts of the world.

Thanks everyone to follow this blog religiously, visiting same site week after week and months...32 followers so far, not bad at all. 

Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments that motivate me and charge me to create something new!
Keep blogging and keep visiting Leehkin!

A BIG

Brownies!!

A brass cut-nib is lying with me since I bought it from Florence (Italy) two years back. After that I never dared to touch it, don't know why; may be I was scared that I will ruin its well finished, classy angle and material. But finally I made up my mind and used it unrestrainedly and what a BLISS!!
During this our first time rendezvous, I also found a new love for Brown ink which equally gave stunning result...complete Brownie points!!

 

  

  

  

 

Pictures by: Maithili

Coming Soon

This small calligraphy project (details will reveal later) with studio's regular work keeping me busy these days. Wait and watch this space for some interesting experiments. (I never tried this before :)

Happy New 2010

Corners of sketchbook

Ink flows and...

HAPPY DIWALI!

Wall Art Featured in Colour Decor

Wall art mosquitoes and Devnagri alphabets are featured in colourdecor blog. Its wonderful blog by Patricia based in Dubai, her great eye for an aesthetics, innovative mind and passion for colours and interiors reflect in her blog world. Please go there for awesome visual treat.
Thanks a lot Patricia, its an honour! (of these beautiful art of lettering too).

Basking in the sun!

Took this photograph around 545am (yes, i know its very early morning). Loved the colours which sun threw on the wall and hence the glorified alphabets. Wish you all very warm, fresh and bright good morning!

Micro Experiments!

Letters look beautiful in any angle & dimension. Here are some of the micro views of few alphabets. It could be nice sets of paintings on wall.

Close ups of AB and C.

Enlarged micro views: ink and textures!

TYPOQUOTES!

Hellos! Sorry for not updating the blog for a while, tied up with some work and new settled life :)
But now onwards; will be regular with more interesting stuff...Promise!!





Pilot pen with black ink on Junk, Raddi papers

New Chapter

The new, fresh n exciting phase of my life is just going to begin after few days!
One week to go...then I won't be single anymore.
Yeah! I am getting married to my girlfriend in Mumbai next week!
It will be short & sweet Maharashtrian wedding, but yes with typical Indian wedding touch!

This post is not about my goodbye to bachelorhood but about the invite which I have designed!
Here are some glimpses of those cards:
There are two versions: Marathi (my mother tongue) and English

Here its English one...

So will be in front of my laptop after a while, I will definitely get back to my this love soon!

Koshish!

This is another request/comment from Meenakshi who runs a NGO called Goonj in Delhi. She wanted someone to write Harivansh Rai Bachchan's very very inspiring poem for her daughter and she found that someone on arth n nitya blog!
I thoroughly enjoyed writing this motivating poem. As you can see flow of inks spontaneously forming meanings on paper.

Here its a full preview

Gist of poem (non Hindi readers):
Never give up. Keep trying. Failure is a challenge one has to face and do not stop trying to succeed. Only those who try, succeed. Nicely blended with metaphors of ants, boat men, etc.

Sketchpen & calligraphy tool with black Indian ink on white cartridge paper.