Name: Waterlife
SKU: 9789380340135
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Waterlife

Rambharos Jha

Waterlife features Mithila art, a vibrant and delicate form of painting from Bihar in eastern India. In this visually stunning book that renders images of water and the life it contains, artist Rambharos Jha creates an unusual artist’s journal, where aquatic motifs of the Mithila style are transformed to invoke childhood memory and lore. Waterlife is silkscreen-printed by hand on handmade paper.

€ 56.00

Out of stock

Weight	0.6 kg
Dimensions	22 × 36 cm
ISBN	978-93-80340-13-5
Pages	28
Printing	Screen Printing
Binding	Hardcover
Foreign Rights Sold	:
French	Actes Sud
Italian (Europe)	Adriano Salani Editore
Japanese	Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Portuguese (Brazil)	WMF Martins Fontes
Korean	Borim Press
German	Baobab Verlag
HSN Code	49030010

BolognaRagazzi Award, New Horizons, Bologna, 2012

Design Observer Top 50 Book List, 2011

Brain Pickings

Without a shadow of exaggeration, the most beautiful book I’ve ever laid eyes on.

Bibliodyssey

Tactile screen-printed designs... (this) is one seriously gorgeous folk art book.

Asian Review of Books

A gloriously attractive, endlessly fascinating book… Each of Waterlife’s pages deserves to hang on a wall.

Rambharos Jha

Artist Rambharos Jha grew up on the banks of river Ganga, and developed a fascination for water and water life. Born in the culture-rich district of Darbanga in the Mithila region, he moved to Madhubani as a child when his father started work in a government-supported art and culture project. Since then he has followed his own creative impulses, developing the tradition in his own style.Click here to discover his other Tara Books.

Jonathan Yamakami

Jonathan Yamakami is a graphic designer from São Paulo, Brazil, who currently lives in Washington DC. He received an MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2013, and his work has been featured by NPR, the New York Times and AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers. Jonathan is particularly interested in exploring new ways of presenting and conceiving of the book. Click here to discover his other Tara Books.