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Chinese Calligraphy Sets

We offer Chinese calligraphy sets in this section. Enrich yourself with this special Chinese art with our selection of Chinese calligraphy sets. The styles vary from full piece sets, to simple ink pens and Chinese calligraphy supplies. Whether you’re trying to master this ancient art or simply in the mood to be creative, these Chinese calligraphy sets are perfect for all of your artistic writing needs.

Chinese calligraphy is varied and diverse. Square, rigid, expressionist, and abstract forms are all apart of the art form. The Chinese calligraphy strokes themselves are not the only important aspect though. The Four Treasures of the Study – brush, ink, ink slab, and paper – are also important to the study of Chinese calligraphy. The tools have an almost spiritual importance.





























About Chinese Calligraphy

Everyone seems to be interested to know when calligraphy originated for those people who wanted to study about it but there is no precise date given in ancient Chinese history. Myth says that it was during the reign of Cang Jie, a Yellow Emperor man, who invented the Chinese language. After the invention of Chinese language Calligraphy was then created. We may feature the invention to 4,600 years ago, but this is only a well known tale and may not be true. What is quite interesting with this, however, is that 4,500 years ago archaeological discoveries have authenticated that language came into being in China. It started the introduction stage of the calligraphy then.

It was during the Han dynasty that calligraphy bloomed as an art. Liang Hu, a calligrapher, who went inside the restaurant but was not able to bring money. He wrote something on the wall and a lot of people from there on liked to pay him by watching his calligraphy. There were a lot of excellent calligraphers appeared during the Han dynasty and it was in Jin dynasty that has great achievement in calligraphy.

Chinese calligraphy is very much like of a painting. It uses Chinese characters to talk or send their message to the spiritual world of the artist. It's just like a one thousand persons that have many faces, one thousand persons may have many different strokes in handwriting. The art of handling the brush, presentation and style, calligraphy as a form of art shows the moral integrity, character, emotions, feelings and culture of an artist to his readers which affects the power of appeal and the joy of beauty.

About Chinese Calligraphy Sets or Calligraphy Kits

A modern Chinese calligraphy set, sometimes referred to as a calligraphy kit is composed of the brush, ink, paper, and ink stone. They are called or well known as the Four Treasures of the Study. It is through these tools that an artist can transforms words into an art. It does not only interpret the characters to read a story, but you can also understand the feeling of the symbols in connection with the brush strokes.

Ink of Calligraphy Sets

The ink of Chinese calligraphy set is made from lampblack and binding agents. The ink which derives in ink sticks must be rubbed against the wet ink stone until you can get the right consistency. There is a premixed bottled ink which is a practical alternative that can be used for a practice. The premixed chemical inks are likely to bleed over time and this makes it inappropriate for hanging scrolls.

Chinese Calligraphy Brushes

The customary writing tool in Chinese calligraphy is the brush. The most commonly used brush has a bamboo body and has a weasel fur head or a fine feathers of chicken. The more detailed and collectible brushes are made of glass, ivory, red sandalwood, silver and gold bodies. Its head can be of a fur or a fine feather such as deer, rabbit, tiger and wolf fur. These type of brushes are good investments and it increases its value over time.

Ink Strones

Ink stones are simply form of stone mortar which is used to crush the rods of ink and hold ink after which the water has liquefied the fine ink powder. Ceramic, polished wood and porcelain are the most frequent used ink stone materials. The fine antique ink stones are usually expensive such as jade ins stones. The most well know and expensive ink stone was made from Tao River stone which was gathered during the Song dynasty.

Chinese Calligraphy Paper

The Chinese calligraphy paper is made of a different material from a common writing paper. It is called Xuanzhi paper in China and it is usually made from the province of Anhui. It is referred to as Xuan or Shuen paper. It is commonly made in China from bamboo, hemp, paper mulberry, rice and Tartar wingceltis. The most famous paper for its fine soft texture is the Xuan paper and that it makes it sought after for Chinese calligraphy.

The Chinese calligraphy set is very important for every calligrapher. At AsianIdeas.com are proud to give you a wide variety of collection of Chinese calligraphy sets and tools. We have have everything you need to start with your Chinese calligraphy that you and your family can enjoy and learn to love.

Calligraphy is a practical technique for writing Chinese characters and considered as a unique Oriental form of art of expression and also a branch of learning or discipline as well.

So start creating your own Chinese calligraphy with the help of our Chinese calligraphy kit.

References:

http://www.chinavoc.com/arts/calligraphy.htm
http://www.chinavoc.com/arts/calligraphy/origin.asp