Ishkhan | Armenian Wine

During this expertise course, we explored various techniques for creating patterns. Our task was to select a piece of literary work and translate it into a visual pattern. I chose the quote, „It’s the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important,“ from The Little Prince (also known as Pokrik Ishkhan in Armenian). Through my interpretation, the rose symbolizes the Armenian language and the dedication of the people in preserving their language and culture.

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Medieval Armenian scripts were written by the so-called tsakhkoghs, which literally means a flowerer, a person who turns something into a flower. The word tsakhkogh comes from the word ‘tsaghik’-flower, because the scripters would turn geometric letters and scripts into ornate pieces of art or, otherwise, would make it blossom.

Process

To further explore this concept, I used letters from the Armenian alphabet, which consists of 38 characters, to create my motifs. My goal was to design flower-like icons that represent the rose from The Little Prince.

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I used the motifs I designed to build a pomegranate-like structure, inspired by traditional Armenian bird-shaped lettering, particularly based on the Armenian letter „ր“ (r).