Ep 3. Arabic Calligraphy with Joumana Medlej
“Joumana Medlej was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. After an early career in graphic design and illustration, her life took an unexpected turn when master calligrapher Samir Sayegh invited her to be his assistant. Through years of close collaboration, she learned the essence of Kufic, the origin of all Arabic calligraphy. She developed her own visual language out of this lesser-known style. Joumana moved to London in 2013 to dedicate herself to her art practice. “
These pictures were taken in Joumana’s studio in London and you can see some of her beautiful work including her “cloud” piece that she mentioned on the podcast. You can also see some of the pigments that she collected and processed in there.