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BAKHYT KADYROVA | Blouse (SOLD)
ARTIST | Bakhyt Kadyrova
BASED IN | Kazakhstan
TITLE | Blouse: focus on outlines
SIZE | Free size (between US size 4-6)
My mentor, Yukimi Annand, suggested I shift my focus from printed shapes to their outlines. This allowed me to look at my forms afresh and create new textures. For writing on fabric I used a textile marker and retouched the strokes with a pointed brush for a more calligraphic look. This blouse is sewn from 100% cotton fabric.
MEDIUM | Fabric 100% cotton, fixed textile colors.
PRICE | SOLD
ARTIST | Bakhyt Kadyrova
BASED IN | Kazakhstan
TITLE | Blouse: focus on outlines
SIZE | Free size (between US size 4-6)
My mentor, Yukimi Annand, suggested I shift my focus from printed shapes to their outlines. This allowed me to look at my forms afresh and create new textures. For writing on fabric I used a textile marker and retouched the strokes with a pointed brush for a more calligraphic look. This blouse is sewn from 100% cotton fabric.
MEDIUM | Fabric 100% cotton, fixed textile colors.
PRICE | SOLD
ARTIST | Bakhyt Kadyrova
BASED IN | Kazakhstan
TITLE | Blouse: focus on outlines
SIZE | Free size (between US size 4-6)
My mentor, Yukimi Annand, suggested I shift my focus from printed shapes to their outlines. This allowed me to look at my forms afresh and create new textures. For writing on fabric I used a textile marker and retouched the strokes with a pointed brush for a more calligraphic look. This blouse is sewn from 100% cotton fabric.
MEDIUM | Fabric 100% cotton, fixed textile colors.
PRICE | SOLD
Details
Her first trials to create textures with square letters’ outlines. She used folded pen on sketch paper, she like the dynamic character of this tool.
Working on a large piece of fabric. On the background is a texture written with a large flat brush.
Working on better quality paper. Bouncing, overlapping, changing angles, scale of forms. Ruling pen, pointed, ink, watercolors.
About the artist
A trained lawyer, Bakhyt worked in consulting for eight years. Her love for calligraphy began in 2017, and the adventure started with her making New Year cards together with her sons for the family. She had found some examples of beautifully handwritten cards on Pinterest, and was fascinated. This was the first time she entered the world of fine letters. Since then calligraphy became her main preoccupation.
A passionate student of calligraphy, Bakhyt immersed herself in international workshops, courses and conferences, learning new techniques, sharpening her skills, and learning to use letterforms in art. She was also approached to teach calligraphy. She spent time developing a Spencerian manual in Russian and conducted free “live” sessions on Instagram.
As opportunities for learning calligraphy are hard to come by in Almaty, Kazakhstan where she lives, Bakhyt mostly studied online and through manuals, besides calligraphy conferences and workshops. She counts herself fortunate to have studied with such great teachers as Yukimi Annand, Yves Leterme, John Stevens, Massimo Polello, Elmo van Slingerland, Carl Rohrs, Laurant Rébéna, Randall Hasson, Philippe Dabasse, Serge Cortesi, Barbara Close, Harvest Crittenden, Michael Sull, Michael Ward, Elena Alekseeva, among others.
In 2019, she participated in the 38th International Calligraphy Conference Rendez-vous in Sherbrooke, Canada, and the 70th IAMPETH Conference in Denver, USA. In 2020 she was invited to speak at the international calligraphy and lettering festival Calligrafest. Bakhyt was also involved in three art residencies where she produced award-winning works.
In the Symbiosis II exhibition, you can view Bakhyt’s process in developing several scripts and her explorations of calligraphic textures, translating them into various forms of wearable calligraphy.