Summary:
That was the beginning.” Bhattathiri calls his calligraphic portrayals ‘space poetry’. Bhattathiri had to travel to Mumbai to get proper tools for calligraphy or had to improvise. Graphic designer-turned-calligrapher Bhattathiri, originally Narayana Bhattathiri, reaches out for scrub pads cut in different sizes and shapes or an ink-filled syringe, as much as he wields traditional calligraphy tools, to create unique shapes in Malayalam. Almost like a work of art.”So, when he writes about smoke rising, it is almost as if smoke billows from the calligraphed words. The workshop at Marigold Creative, a blend of a library, café and creative space at Kakkanad, had the artist explain the dynamics of calligraphic work, showing how it is different from illustration..