A print house for the written line
The line comes first.
Jamaal Prints begins with Arabic calligraphy. Alongside it, we restore old views of Islamic landmarks and prepare them as quiet prints for the wall.
01 — Calligraphy
The written line.
The first language of this house: written slowly, meant to be read the same way.
View calligraphy →
02 — Restored Landmarks
Old images, looked at again.
These pictures begin as fragments of place: a courtyard, a dome, a street, a view of Makkah or Madinah. We restore and recolorize them so they can return to the wall.
View restored landmarks →Works chosen for the wall.
From the archive.
Each restored print starts with an old photograph: a minaret, a courtyard, a crowd at prayer. We repair the damage and return the colour, then print the view on fine paper.
View restored landmarks →Some works begin with the hand. Others begin with an old photograph.
Not decoration first.
A print should not fill a wall by force. It should give the room a point of stillness. We work from the line, the image, the paper, and the way the eye returns to them.
01
Selecting the line
We begin with the calligraphy: the verse, the hand, the balance of the composition. Nothing is added that the line does not ask for.
02
Restoring the image
Old photographs of Makkah, Madinah and other places are cleaned, repaired and recolorized, slowly, until the view returns.
03
Preparing the paper
Each work is prepared on fine paper and readied for the wall, presented as a print should be: flat, clean, with room around it.
A quiet house for Islamic prints. For the wall, but not made only to decorate it.