A bag by Subr
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Known for spotlighting homegrown manufacturers throughout artwork, style, and craft classes, amongst others, By Hand from the Heart returns to the town this weekend with new product classes and experiences. The in style makers’ market curated by Deepa Sekar and Kshiti Davey will characteristic a design-centric AR expertise, a hand-embroidered tapestry show, and a drop-off kiosk for thrifted girls’s garments and equipment. “There is also an all-day wood crafting workshop by Skillo, and a pyrography demo by Paper Garden from Visakhapatnam wherein the design is burnt on the wood surface using heat,” says Deepa.
Books by The Little Dipper Publishing
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At this yr’s version, 24 of the 42 manufacturers are first-timers. Comprising XOtoXO Games and Style with Lagom from Chennai, Naomi by Neeha Bhumana from Hyderabad, Naksha from Kolkata, and Underlyn from Rajahmundry, guests can count on a mixture of merchandise — publishing, meals, and board video games, to call a number of. Anusha Veluswamy of Hyderabad-based The Little Dipper Publishing is excited to convey her recently-launched impartial press for kids to the town. “We create culturally rooted, compassionate, and representative books of children. We launched in June 2022 with two books: Where is Mr Thookam? and Maari – A Gift From The Skies,” she says, including that multicultural books for kids are the necessity of the hour as they act as a window into the lives of numerous teams of individuals.
Soundarya Gottapu of Paper Garden, who might be collaborating for the primary time, provides how illustrated merchandise are the crux of her model. “An illustrated desk calendar mounted on a wooden holder was our first product. We kept experimenting with paper and wood, and soon had a collection of products ranging from wooden plant labels, fridge magnets, stamps, notepads, and bookmarks,” she says, including that backyard decor and colouring books might be launched on the market.
A board recreation by XOtoXO Games
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Also collaborating on the occasion is Firefly Wellbeing, the Chennai-based organisation co-founded by Shriya Srivatsan and Priyanka Venkataramani that advocates psychological well being and private growth. Their self-reflection journal, Who Am I, launched in January this yr, and Priyanka says the “book of 365 journal prompts meant to help you discover yourself and build resilience” might be obtainable on the market. “As psychologists, we have carefully curated questions on sections about yourself, your family, relationships, friendships, your ambitions, and core values.”
On March 18 and 19 at Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park, TTK Road. 10am to 8pm