Cuneiform writing and art

Cuneiform writing was one of the first styles of writing developed by man in order to catalogue events and record discoveries during the early years of civilization.

When the writer pressed his pen on clay and drew with it tapering line was produced which looked somewhat like a nail, hence cuneiform writing was named after the shape of a nail and is also the reason why Sumerian writing was called cuneiform, Furthermore, the Sumerian recorded their myths, epic stories, history, prices of commodities and all other transactions on clay tablets.

This transcript was deeply rooted during the Babylonian civilization, which covered the period from 2350 BC to 1247 BC and was in use throughout the Akkadian, Amorite and Katian civilizations, to a lesser extent the cuneiform script is also found in writing of Assyrian, Kaldanian and Persian civilizations. ( up to about 333BC).

In more recent times, excavators have found tents of thousands of clay tablets dating back to 4000BC written in cuneiform,
Cuneiform and the dominant Egyptian script, Hieroglyphic, are closely related, both proceeding the art of nail and yarn which blends these two transcripts.

At the outset, the nail and yarn adopted triangular form (after cubism) as a way to embody its subjects and was thereafter allowed to continue and develop, the 'straight lines' actually tended to be slightly bent and around, the yarn, colors and materials were varied to help the artist diversify his subjects and precisely express his thoughts and emotions.

This type of art-form capture my imagination so much so that I could not help but devote my time and effort to practicing it and personalizing it.
I studied and developed it, finally adapting it to the other Arabic arts, I used the nail and yarn to produce Arabic calligraphy and art, I created many calligraphic masterpieces showing Arabic calligraphy including Diwani, Thuluth, Nusukh, Persian, Kufi and even modern Arabic calligraphy.
 
I used a variety of yarn colors and increased the number of nails used in the portraits to make them more expressive and also to enhance minute details, due to this increase in the fine detail I was able to bring out the characteristics of determination, perseverance, courage and heroism in several of my portraits of monarchs, princes and some of the presidents of both arab and foreign countries.
 
after all of this laborious effort I would now like to take the opportunity of presenting to the cultured Arabic people and all art lovers my production a notable first indeed, I decided to name it ‘cuneiform drawing’ as it is an off-shoot of cuneiform writing I adopted the nail and yarn and developed straightness, bending and rounding of yarn within a cocktail of various colors of yarns, this helped me give diversity to my subjects and enabled me to express sensation within an artistic medium, by the grace of God I was able to work diligently and with fortitude to enable me to develop and express my new discovery as a form of Arabic calligraphy.
  
Creative heritage is not a shrine. Neither is it booty to be exploited by us, the heirs it is our duty to develop, refine and adapt it so that it may, hopefully, enlighten mankind both now and in the future.