Dimple Pandhi’s Blog on Engrave

Hailing from Mumbai, Dimple is a Polytechnic-Commercial Arts graduate from Nirmala Niketan. Having specialised in typography, hand lettering, and calligraphy, she worked as a freelance artist, and worked with brands to create the most elegant calligraphy for their products.

Now an entrepreneur, Dimple runs a business of hand-calligraphed products and services called Dsignz.

“My experience has made me realise that the calligraphy I use for various products has made them incredibly unique and highly valuable for my customers,” she says.

The Beginnings
“Right from childhood, you could always find me staring out the window while travelling, observing the different styles and fonts used in the name of shops, hotels, buildings, or any commercial complexes passing by. And when I was home, the only thing I’d be interested in was scribbling everywhere with pencils and pens! You’d find me writing my name in different styles as well, so I guess that formed the basis of my love for commercial arts, as well as the subject of typography and letterings.”

Calligraphy In Her Life Today
“For me, calligraphy is a platform to create your own writing style, that is beautiful to you. From a professional sense, however, since calligraphy is a visual art related to writing, it is the quality of design and the execution of lettering that marks the difference between good and great. I’m well-versed with many calligraphic forms such as Italics, Roman, Devanagari, and pointed nib modern calligraphy, but there are so many art styles that there’s always more to learn!”

Where Does India Stand In The World Of Calligraphy?

“The amount of sheer artistic talent that lies in this country is simply unreal. So while calligraphy here is still nascent, we boast a few great calligraphy artists, which will hopefully inspire many to pursue it as their career, thereby helping the calligraphy community in India grow more as well.”

The Future

“Calligraphy helps instil traits like patience and creativity — which, if you ask me, are required today’s generation! I’m also of the belief that if you take technology and mix it with art, you will always come up with something innovative. And that is exactly why I will continue creating innovative products as an entrepreneur.”

Check out Dimple’s work here.

Check out great work from these artist and more on our Calligraphy page.

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