This video is featured on the website http://CalligraphyQalam.com. In this video, New York-based calligrapher Elinor Aishah Holland gives an overview of the tools and materials needed to write Arabic script calligraphy.
You can't just use any ink; traditionally, lampblack ink is used, which has to be specially prepared. I don't make the ink myself, I get it from my teacher, so I don't know the exact formula.
You can't just use any ink; traditionally, lampblack ink is used, which has to be specially prepared. I don't make the ink myself, I get it from my teacher, so I don't know the exact formula.
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