Meet the Artist

Hi! My name is Nazia Hussain; I am a former English teacher from England now living in the beautiful city of Melbourne, Australia. I am also a wife to a loving husband and a mum to two very energetic children.

My love for the art of language is an age old love. I have forever been fascinated by the power of the word whether spoken or written. I also love to dabble in art. The fluidity of watercolours merging together to create an image is my kind of thrill. During the infamous years of Covid, being a mum of two with a key-worker husband started to really have an impact on my health. I combined my love for words with my passion for art as a way to relax and just give back to myself but little did I know, my calligraphy journey was born!

I love pouring my heart and soul into every piece that I create. In a world where it is so easy to mass produce and digitise everthing like ‘best teacher’ mugs (I have a drawer full of these back in England), I wanted to reel it back in a bit - to add character, passion and care to all that I work on so that you too, just like me, can experience the beauty of the written word in art form.

Why Purple Ink Studio? Because my favourite colour is purple, it’s as simple as that.

If you’d like to see more of my work, have a nosey at my social media and the gallery; you’ll see all the wonderful and unique personalisations I have created in the past and the exciting live activations that I have taken part in!