Tag: Graphic design

The Art of the Sacred Feminine – Pari Sagar

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Through Pari Sagar’s artwork, one sees the rise of the beautiful sacred feminine energy, whether it is embracing life, or coping with the stresses of life in a peaceful manner.  Through her artwork, one almost grasps the experimental nature of Pari’s work as she loves experimenting with shapes, figures, patterns, texture and colours.

Pari initially majored in graphic design and jewelry design, then found herself in the advertising world. However, her heart ached to express art on canvas. “My art reflects vibrant emotions of love, romance, peace and tranquility with a touch of spirituality,” she says.

Pari loves creating paintings in a series.  She began artwork by drawing inspiration from her own culture and heritage of an Indian. Her abstract work gives her the freedom to play and experiment while ensuring that the heart of the viewer is touched in ways that only the heart knows.

Pari’s website is www.parisagar.net

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Nihad Nadam – in love with Arabic calligraphy

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Arabic calligraphic themed handcrafts are trending these days. From pendants to keychains, from Tshirt designs to brooches. Even business logos incorporate Arabic calligraphy for that one of kind artistic touch.

Nihad at his ARTE stall.

Nihad at his ARTE stall.

ARTE caught Nihad Nadam at the last DFC ARTE Souq creating badges in Arabic Calligraphic style. Nihad has a way with words Arabic calligraphic style, a certain flair that helps him help his customer choose the best font style to get their messages across. To create badges, he uses some heavy duty equipment (which for the life of me, I couldn’t even lift it from the table), and with great precision so characteristic of dedicated designer-crafters, puts the badges together.

The heavy duty machine with the finished badges.

The heavy duty machine with the finished badges.

Source of Photo: http://www.nihad.me/GraphicDesigner/

Source of Photo: http://www.nihad.me/GraphicDesigner/

One of the things we learnt is that translation of English phrases into Arabic, doesn’t convey the same message. So Nihad helps the customer by discussing the most appropriate Arabic words that convey the essence of the English phrase. As you may appreciate, this is very important, because the last thing you want is to create something so beautiful but it doesn’t make sense when read in Arabic.

Source of Photo: http://www.nihad.me/GraphicDesigner/

Source of Photo: http://www.nihad.me/GraphicDesigner/

So if you are itching to have your name done in Arabic calligraphy, whether it is the Thuluth style or the Diwani style, hop on to Nihad’s stall and he will be happy to assist.

Source of Photo: http://www.nihad.me/GraphicDesigner/

Source of Photo: http://www.nihad.me/GraphicDesigner/

Last but not least, we are impressed with Nihad’s facebook page which has a grand following of 25,000 deeply engaged followers.

Visit Nihad’s website for more inspiration.

Daring to be a Superhero – Linzi Kan

There must have been a time in your life when you dreamt of being a superhero. Catwoman, Wonderwoman, Batman, James Bond, even Tintin and his dog Snowy. And who knows, some of us had wicked fascinations to be the bad guys – the Joker or Green Goblin.

Thanks to UK born Linzi Kan, superheros and supervillains come alive in this day and age.  Through her handcrafted line named ‘Gorgeoustuff‘ you can experience all the  ‘..man’ and ‘…woman’ super-stereotypes that you have ever come across in the comics world. This ARTE vendor has a degree in graphic design and has been a colourist in the film industry before she harnessed her inner feline strength to create funky cushions incorporating old graphics of comics.

So if you wish to have Thor-like strength…

… or be feline through and through, like the superhero gal below…

… or perhaps you like the vile Joker

… or debonair 007 James Bond, ‘Gorgeoustuff‘ is your one stop comic con shop at ARTE.

Linzi also has a fascination with skulls, which she thinks is cool (I am aware that many ARTE vendors love skulls, including myself).  Skulls remind me (Jan) of the ‘Ghost that Walks’ troupe – Phantom and his wife Diana, his pet wolf Devil and his faithful horse Hero. The Phantom reportedly wore a skull shaped ring, and with his mask on, he usually looked like a skull head.

Here are some of Linzi’s skull cushions.

The scary ones …

The super scary ones …

The in-love ones …

And the extra-cute ones!

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Photos supplied by Gorgeoustuff, with thanks.