Watching Paul Antonio at work is akin to watching a ballet performance. Delicately holding an ink pen with a sharp nib, the calligrapher creates strokes and swirls on paper to form the phrase ‘Let all that begins end in beauty’. “Calligraphy requires a lot of concentration but when you spend time with it and enjoy the strokes you’re creating, it’s almost a meditative practice,” he says. He handwrites some of the laws that the Queen signs as well as the official documents when people become ennobled. This week, Antonio has been conducting workshops for art students;a talk on calligraphy in modern times is on the cards at thegallery.

Source: Hindustan Times September 26, 2018 22:52 UTC