I’m a paper artist Marina Talamaska, called talamaskanka on Instagram. And this is my collaborative artistic project – Almanac/ Calendar- which I made together with 18 calligraphy and lettering artists from different countries.

I asked 12 calligraphists to make a composition for 1 translated and written word, each in their native language. They used Arabic, Siamese, Korean, Chinese, Tibetan, Georgian, Cyrillic, Latin languages for the name of the month. Also, six lettering artists made 4 Openers in English representing the name of the season, and 2 Project Covers in English and Russian. In my turn, I then later recreated all of them on a paper (adding volume, 3d, color).

The main goal of the project was to show the uniqueness and beauty of each culture through its writing. The point is to highlight that visual art is a unique language that can unite many people; it is beyond borders, beyond time and politics. You can find the full project with original calligraphy and lettering artworks on my website.

More info: talamaskanka.com | Instagram

Front Cover “Almanac” in Russian

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Lettering by @victorkevruh on Instagram.

Back Cover “Almanac Calendar”

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Calligraphy by @sorravis.p on Instagram.

Winter Opener

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Lettering by @paralelo_zero on Instagram.

December in Russian

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Calligraphy by @foxbrush77 on Instagram.

January in French

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Calligraphy by @svetlanalissov on Instagram.

February in Hindi

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Lettering by @niteeshyadav on Instagram.

Spring Opener

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Lettering by @dr_axes on Instagram.

March in Georgian

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Calligraphy by @anishu on Instagram.

April

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Calligraphy by @antonovamaria on Instagram.

May in Korean

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Calligraphy by @ziscart on Instagram.

Summer Opener

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Lettering by @hey.morgan on Instagram.

June in Tibetan

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Calligraphy by @karma_samtar on Instagram.

July in Siamese

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Calligraphy by @poogan_official on Instagram.

August in Filipino

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Calligraphy by @nic_the_ on Instagram.

Autumn Opener

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Lettering by @magda_kon on Instagram.

September in Chinese

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Calligraphy by @minimind.minimind on Instagram.

October in Arabic

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Calligraphy by @eedris on Instagram.

November in Ukranian

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Calligraphy by @tarasmakar on Instagram.

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