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Take a look at This Beautiful Calligraphy in Demak

Monday, 13 April 2020 - 02:12
Take a look at This Beautiful Calligraphy in Demak Cholil, trying to fulfill calligraphyorder for his customers. (Photo: Fuhatur Rohman/TIMES Indonesia)

TIMES JAZIRAH, JAKARTACalligraphy is the art of beautiful handwriting. The term may derive from the Greek words for “beauty” (kallos) and “to write” (graphein). in Indonesia, calligraphy tend to be derived from Arabic.

In Indonesia especially its considered as a major art, equal to sculpture or painting. There are lots of Indonesian which made this as their business, just like what Cholil of Demak, Central Java do.

"I have worked with it since 2017. I do lots of order from people and open my own gallery," Cholil the owner of Macho Gallery at Rejosari Village, Karangtengah, Demak, Central Java said on Sunday (12/4/2020).

Still according to him, he made various kind of calligraphy starting from mosaic, or the one he painted himself. Some people even made a customized order.

This guy got his skill when he was studying at an islamic dormitory school when he was at middle school. And now he enhanced his skill and learning new techniques of calligraphy from YouTube.

You could get his calligraphy starting from IDR 159 K to IDR 250 K depends on the size. He could sell around 10 to 15 calligraphy in a month. The order will getting bigger during Ramadan or Eid Al-Fithr. (*)

Writer : Khodijah Siti
Editor : Khodijah Siti
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