Teaching Devanagari Calligraphy To Children


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Creator/Artist: Kanika Kaul

Category: Communication Design

Document: P2 Project

Batch: 2014-2016

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. G. V. Sreekumar


Detailed Description

This project documents a series of workshops conducted to teach children between the ages of 10 & 12 Devanagari calligraphy with the intent to sensitize them to the art of calligraphy and writing beautiful letterforms as well as generate awareness about calligraphy not just as a hobby or craft activity but also a creative process of expression. I created a 3 workshop structure wherein I designed activities & tasks that would aid their understanding of Devanagari and help them learn calligraphy using a structured, step-by-step process. The activities begin with an introduction to basic strokes and then move on to more complex and technical aspects of calligraphy. the children responded well to more traditional and basic tools and tasks rather than abstracted versions of the same activities.