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My Jump into the world of Calligraphy

 J is for Jump and today i am here to share my jump in the world of calligraphy . 

2020 was a strange year for all of us . A strange virus engulfed the world and we all witnessed lockdown in our respective countries . It's back to normal now and we have got used to it but that was the time of real fear all around . To overcome that stress we all tried our hands on many new things with cooking on the top . I and my husband also tried to make something new and i remember how his samosas turned out much tastier than my burfi.

Sorry ! got a bit off the topic . So Lockdown was the time I wanted to utilize and learn something new . Just by chance while  scrolling through fb and insta i didn't come to know when i jumped into the world of calligraphy .

I was fascinated  watching  Instagram full of reels and posts of calligraphic works . People were using so many different tools , brushes and inks . But all i had was pen, pencil, eraser and few of my daughter's sketch pens at my home .

Anyway i started with pencil only . Working just with pencil too was exciting . And instead of ink , i tried out coffee , hair color and even roohafza 😊😊 

Pencil calligraphy 

 I couldn't get any tools or inks as it was a complete  lockdown . Anyway i asked my husband if he could manage to get a fountain pen ink from somewhere. He scolded me in return . But after 3-4 days he brought a blue fountain pen ink for me ( i don't know where he arranged from) I love him for such occasional gestures.

Ok i was the proud owner of an ink now . Now i wanted to have a broad edge pen which i saw people using on instagram . I added it in my amazon cart but in those days Amazon was delivering only essential commodities .

Anyway i searched my home if some jugaad could be done and i got a flat edge screwdriver in the tool box . Yes ! Now i had both ink and  a tool . I tried and it worked . Wow so enjoyable it was . 

Using screwdriver as a calligraphy tool

That was my first dive into the world of inks and alphabets . 

After that it's a long story how i tried different scripts , collected different tools , even DIY some tools and the process is still going on .

Today it's been two years that i am trying my hands on  calligraphy and it is an ongoing journey which i am enjoying a lot . 

a recent work with gothic script

Wish to jump deep deep and further deep into into the world of calligraphy . May i request you to send some good wishes my way ? 

You are welcome to follow my calligraphy account on instagram :

The Artful Nib 

I am writing this post as part of #BlogchatterA2Z month long writing challenge .



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  1. deepti menon20 April 2022 at 06:57

    How beautiful your calligraphy is! There is nothing as lovely as handwritten notes! Kudos! I would love to follow your page on Insta.

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