scripting conventional fashion jewelry with Arabic

   Artist Salva Rasool share how to transform Arabic calligraphy on miniature painting in statement jewelry.

A work of art with "Allah" written in of modern Arabic, framed or mounted on a watchglass and molded in a red coral necklace and white stones Chalcedony - what happens, when an artist and an expert work together in jewelry.

When artists Salva Rasool jeweler Aneel Gajaria met a few months ago, she was skeptical of his paintings is incorporated into jewelry. But Gajaria has been in the jewelry business for 17 years and provided creative opportunities in the work of the Rasool.

"I was not initially interested in the project because I can not imagine, on a piece of two to three centimeters," says Rasool, imitated with two fingers, how tiny is the support. "My paintings are colorful and powerful because I use vivid textures on a big screen."

But Gajaria wanted the artist to make. "When he told me his work, I was very impressed and was confronted with the challenge," the 49-year-old artist says.

Four years ago Gajaria had the idea to introduce the painting statement during his meeting with local artists, jewelery during a pilgrimage in Rajasthan. The quality and accuracy of their paintings with scenes and romantic devotion indians, left amazed. He introduced himself with a mini-canvas of these traditional scenes clips.

"But I knew that my clients Gulf would not wear jewelry with human forms," ??says Gajaria who has lived in Dubai as a child, and was of a Muslim's mentor. "While I offer for an artist looking for something unique in the field of Islamic art."

Former students of Sir JJ School of Art, Rasool has won appreciation worldwide for its modern approach to Arabic calligraphy with an Indian spirit. His paintings have been exhibited in Toronto in Jakarta, including art centers of New York, London, Tehran and Mumbai.

"The Necklace" Allah "was traditionally worn by many Muslims, but this is the first time that Islamic art of contemporary fashion and jewelry have been made," says Gajaria.

Convinced of the potential and attractiveness of the jewelry he commissioned five works rasool last January. To paint on canvas 3x2 inches, the artist creates his own tools and small metal parts cut springs and opposite ends of the brush-shaped, among others. In the coming months, two chains in an art exhibition in the United States will be issued, and three new creations will be presented by Gajaria.

Each miniature is personalized, signed and certified by Rasool, so that each chain is a work of art. The price depends on the pearl Gajaria used precious metals, and each piece is estimated at RS40, 000 and one lakh.

Although most of his work includes verses or letters of the Arabic alphabet Qur'an, Rasool listening is broad, and its customers are mainly based in the West. The use of earthy colors and abstract elements in his paintings also appealed to the lovers of contemporary Indian art.

Pushing the limits of traditional Arabic calligraphy, Rasool aims to reach out to dispel a cosmopolitan crowd and misunderstandings about Islam through art.

We have just returned from Toronto, where she completed her fourth solo show, Rasool work on his upcoming exhibition in South Africa, where his pictures were exhibited at the end of this year Africa. Could win this necklace and also some South Africans thinking.