The artist is known as one of China's leading minds in art, and is credited as the inventor of Square Word Calligraphy, a part-code, part-alphabet that looks like Chinese characters, but is actually a manipulation of English letters.
An Egyptian worker engraves Arabic calligraphy as part of a three-year, $1.4 . millionproject to restore the Aslam al-Silahdar Mosque in Cairo.
The Chinese calligraphy character content was chosen randomly from a handbook of calligraphy writing.
7. Calligraphy is an important part of the Bell'occhio aesthetic.
Calligraphy often plays a part in the decoration of bronzes and porcelain, and inscriptions on paintings are not uncommon.
Calligraphy plays an important part in the art of the East; scrolls decorated with an admired calligraphy are hung on walls.
Calligraphy is a big part of Chinese culture, seen on banners in China - and around the world when the Chinese New Year is celebrated.
Her work -- equal parts graffiti, calligraphy and installation art -- is often made from cast-off materials like clothes scored from thrift stores or swatches of discarded fabric.
However, you can use calligraphy and for important parts such as "X marks the spot" where the treasure is, you can use colorful pens and metallic markers to emulate the brighter colors calligraphers once used.
Local company Windows to Japan offers the opportunity of seeing a calligraphy master at work as part of its customised tours.
"The act of copying is different in China because part of the art of calligraphy is that you learn to write as the masters did.
