#10x10for10 — Public Fediverse posts

Halah Khan, دُعا / Dua (Prayer), 8 × 8 in, Karachi, 2022.

This unique, tea-washed book features embroidery and crocheted flowers. On the cover is a “taweez” (talisman) surrounded with golden “zarri” thread and a floral header piece. Inside, the hand-stitched Urdu text is Khan’s “prayer for the possibility of home”.

Dua was selected by our Collections Team for the 10 × 10 for 10 exhibition. The show opens April 26. Learn more: https://letterformarchive.org/news/10-by-10-for-10-exhibition?utm_source=Mastodon

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J.C. de Widt, untitled example of original micrography, 10.63 × 12.75 in, Amsterdam, 1780.⁠
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Our last post showed the largest letters in the upcoming 10 × 10 for 10 exhibition. This item contains the smallest letters—by far. Micrography (or microcalligraphy) is the art of creating images using tiny writing. This kind of calligram has a long religious history based on the devout observation of the second commandment against images.

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Arne Wolf; Los caballos negros son. Las herraduras son negras; 36.5 × 72 in; ca. 1960. Gift of Lisa Stoller.

This huge print, made with a 3-by-6-foot plywood sheet, is one of 100 works on view in our upcoming exhibition, 10 × 10 for 10.

Wolf was born on this day, April 13, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. He settled in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1960s, where he was a founding member of The Friends of Calligraphy.

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