Summer 2011
Bristol board, gouache, calligraphy ink
This large piece was commissioned for a wedding to serve in the same vein as a Jewish ketubah or a Quaker wedding contract. Its design combines elements both of a particular medieval islamic illuminated manuscript (on display at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in Istanbul) and that of a type of medieval Turkish ceramic tiles called “Iznik” tiles. The colour scheme is taken directly from the latter.
The calligraphy was designed to look similar to the Arabic calligraphic cursive scripts Thuluth and Naskh, but at the same time be legible as English. (The words themselves were chosen by the bride and groom, and are adapted from Khalil Gibran’s “The Prophet”.)
At the ceremony, the couple and the guests all signed it in the appropriate spaces, creating a visual documentation of the couple’s commitment to each other and the community’s commitment to support them in their lives together. [Click to view detail.]
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