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A Designer’s Journey: I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail

By admin | Published: February 13, 2012

Tara’s outgoing resident designer Jonathan Yamakami reflects upon the creative journey he embarked upon when working on ‘I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail’. A 17th century English ‘trick’ poem, Tara’s version is illustrated by artist Ramsingh Urveti from India’s Gond tribe. 25 people like this post. Like Unlike

Posted in Behind the scenes, Books, General, Tara Ethos | Also tagged book craft, Book Design Process, Book fair, books, Chennai, Designer, Dummy Books, Folk Art, Frankfurt Book Fair, Gabrielle Manglou, graphic design, I saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail, independent publishers, india, Jonathan Yamakami, Katsumi Komagata, literature, Madhya Pradesh, marion bataille, Namida, One Stroke, publishing, Ramsingh Urveti, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD, Tara Books | 7 Responses

Women’s Art of the Everyday

By admin | Published: June 23, 2011

A Workshop Exploring Indian Floor Patterns All over India, there are enduring traditions of women decorating the threshold of their homes with decorative patterns. Known by different names in various communities, they are called kolam in Tamil Nadu. Women create them every day with rice paste or powder, and by nightfall, they are usually gone. [...]

Posted in Behind the scenes, Events, Gender, General, Tara Ethos, Workshops | Also tagged Aniruddhan Vasudevan, aripana, Besant Nagar, Bhajju Shyam, Bihar, book craft, Chennai, community art, digna, floor art, Gender, Gita Wolf, handmade, india, Indian women's art, kolams, Madhubani, Madhya Pradesh, Meena art, publishing, Rajasthan, Sarla Devi, Selvi, Spaces, Tamil Nadu, Tara Books, V.Geetha, Women's Art | 5 Responses

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