From the hands of living masters

A thousand-year-old line, in today’s hand

Calligraphy, illumination, miniature and marbling. HALQA gathers the work of living masters, their workshops and their archive in one place: look closely, read the story, and take a piece home if you wish.

See the works Join the academy

Years of tradition: 1000+
Masters in the archive: 40
Disciplines: 4

Curator's choice

Featured this season

Calligraphy
Hilye-i Sherif
Thuluth and naskh on ahar-treated paper, gold illumination
MasterHasan Çelebi
₺185,000.00
Calligraphy
The Resilience of Gold
Jali thuluth on ahar-treated paper, 24-carat gold leaf
MasterMahfuz Zünnun
₺142,000.00
Illumination
Halkar Rose Page
Halkar gold work on muraqqa paper
MasterFeride Özdemir
₺62,000.00
Illumination
Gardens of Andalusia
24-carat gold and classical illumination on handmade paper
MasterZehra Sultan
₺118,000.00

The masters

Facsimiles

Faithful to the original, in a limited run

Facsimiles of panels and albums from museum collections, matched down to the paper and its texture. Every print is numbered, and once the edition closes it is never reprinted.

Go to the shop

Shop

Open editions

Marbling Panel: Tide

Ali Rıza Efendi

Paper: Hahnemühle Torchon 285gsm
Size: 35x50 cm

₺18,000.008/80 left

The Sema Assembly

Nakkaş atölyesi, 16. yüzyıl

Paper: Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm
Size: 28x40 cm

₺28,000.00111/120 left

Muraqqa Zahriya

Anonim müzehhip, 17. yüzyıl

Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm
Size: 35x50 cm

₺38,000.00129/150 left

Academy

Hold the pen beside the master

Recorded lessons at your own pace, live lessons at the master’s hour, workshops in our Istanbul studio. The beginner track asks for no prior knowledge — only patience.

Browse the courses

Programme