Statera, Mizan, 2020

“Statera” is a book that delves into the rhombic dot system that serves as the foundation of the Naskh script, a small, round script commonly used for administrative documents and book transcription, derived from the Arabic verb “nasakha,” meaning “to copy.”

Legal ledger paper from the late 1800s and 1900s, museum board, hand-printed Arabic letters from magnesium plates, laser-engraved wooden boards, book cloth, stiff-leaf binding with leather wrappings connected to laser-engraved camel bone pieces.

Closed: 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.75

Edition of 30 variants, and five proofs.