Exploring the profound significance of seeds, this collection features four unique paper forms, each accompanied by concise essays. These essays delve into various themes, highlighting the cosmic connections and life-giving essence contained within seeds. The work serves as a tribute to their fundamental role in the cycle of life, inviting readers to reflect on the intricate relationship between nature and existence.
A haunting parable of love and destiny, printed and bound by hand, and illustrated in the delicate and ornamental Patachitra tradition of Orissa in eastern India.
How to make a range of toys based on the folk playthings created by small-time artisans across India. Restores the sense of physical material and unstructured play an increasingly virtual world... includes a section for adults on issues of toys and play.
"Trash!" uniquely blends fact and fiction, following Velu, a runaway child who becomes a ragpicker in an Indian city. It addresses issues like child labor and recycling. This new edition includes an introduction that highlights increased awareness of child rights and concerns about rising consumption and waste.
Part of everyday life, yet rich in symbolic meaning, renderings of the sun and the moon are present in all folk and tribal art traditions of India. They are always in relationship with each other. Agrarian societies keep track of time by referring to markers in the seasonal variations of the sun, moon, and the planets. Over the course of time, they have also woven wonderful stories and myths around them. Here, for the first time, is a collection of unusual stories and exquisite art from some of the finest living artists, on this most universal of themes.
Dulari Devi, who works in the traditional Mithila style of Indian painting, describes her life of poverty until a job working as a domestic for an artist led her to discover her own artistic talent.