Catalogue
Stationery Spring 2016
Based in Chennai, India, we’re an independent visual arts publisher, looking to push the boundaries of the physical book in an age busy writing its obituary. We also run a print-shop employing over 20 bookmaking artisans on a fair-trade basis. They use handmade paper and non-toxic inks to create numbered artists’ books as well as notebooks and stationery. Given our long history of working with rich and varied forms of contemporary indigenous art, we’ve collected an astonishing variety of images for our books: a number of them are now available as handmade greeting cards. They provide an extra source of income for our artists as well as support the artisans in our print-shop. We have also developed a line of recycled notebooks, with test screenprints from our workshop. Each print is serendipitous, so every notebook is absolutely unique. We call them Flukebooks.
flukebooks One-of-a-kind notebooks, covered with recycled misprints from the floor of our screen-printing workshop. Each eclectic cover is an original. Stitched and bound by hand, every Flukebook is recycled, completely individual and beautiful.
Small Notebook Lined and blank, 9 x 14 cm, 192 pp ₹199 | $11.95 | €11 | £7.99 Lined notebook EAN: 0753807536431 ISBN: 978-81-86211-66 -3 Unlined sketchbook ISBN: 978-81-90754-63-7
Large Notebook Lined and blank, 14 x 21 cm, 192 pp ₹350 | $16.95 | €15 | £10.99 Lined notebook EAN: 0753807518383 ISBN: 978-81-90754-65-1 Unlined sketchbook EAN: 0726670463715 ISBN: 978-81-92317-11-3
Greeting Cards Each greeting card has been screen-printed by hand at our sustainable print workshop, which employs, trains and nurtures young bookmaking artisans.
fluke cards Card size: 12.5 x 18 cm Handmade paper, varied gsm
One-off single cards created from trail sheets and misprints gathered from the floor of our screenprinting workshop.
Individual blank cards with envelopes: ₹65 | $4 | €3.50 | £2.50 Retail packs of 10 blank cards with envelopes: ₹585 | $36 | €31.50 | £22.50 EAN: 0726670463685 ISBN: 978-93-83145-56 - 0
indian bestiary Card size: 14.5 x 14.5 cm Handmade paper, 200 gsm
Rendered in tribal and folk art styles from across India, these beautiful handmade cards are silkscreen-printed on handmade paper. Greeting card set of 10 blank cards with envelopes in a specially crafted box. Contains: 2 x Tigers 2 x Buffalo 2 x Tiger 2 x Deer 2 x Snake ₹550 | $25 | €18 | £14.99 EAN: 0602401503335 ISBN: 978-93-83145-41-6
Individual blank cards with envelopes: ₹65 | $4 | €3.50 | £2.50 Retail packs of 10 blank cards with envelopes, two each of five designs: ₹585 | $36 | €31.50 | £22.50 EAN: 0602401675391 ISBN: 978-93-83145-55-3
Images from the book Beasts of India
elephants Card size: 14.5 x 14.5 cm Handmade paper, 200 gsm
Elephants rendered in tribal and folk art styles from across India. These beautiful handmade cards are silkscreen-printed on handmade paper. Greeting card set of 10 blank cards with envelopes in a specially crafted box. Contains: 2 x Mithila 2 x Mata-Ni-Pachedi 2 x Patua 2 x Meena 2 x Kalamkari ₹550 | $25 | €18 | £14.99 EAN: 0602401503342 ISBN: 978-93-83145-37-9
Individual blank cards with envelopes: ₹65 | $4 | €3.50 | £2.50 Retail packs of 10 blank cards with envelopes, two each of five designs: ₹585 | $36 | €31.50 | £22.50 EAN: 0602401675223 ISBN: 978-93-83145-54-6
Images from the book Beasts of India
I Like Cats Card size: 14.5 x 14.5 cm Handmade paper, 200 gsm
Rendered in tribal and folk art styles from across India, these beautiful handmade cards are silkscreen-printed on handmade paper. Greeting card set of 10 blank cards with envelopes in a specially crafted box. Contains: 2 x Slow Cat 2 x Cat with Milkpot 2 x A Cat’s Meal 2 x A Cat Purrs 2 x A Surprised Cat ₹550 | $25 | €18 | £14.99 EAN: 0753807536523 ISBN: 978-93-83145-34-8
Individual blank cards with envelopes: ₹65 | $4 | €3.50 | £2.50 Retail packs of 10 blank cards with envelopes, two each of five designs: ₹585 | $36 | €31.50 | £22.50 EAN: 0602401675308 ISBN: 978-93-83145-53-9
Images from the book I Like Cats
creation Card size: 14.5 x 14.5 cm Handmade paper, 200 gsm
Rendered in the intricate Gond tribal art style from central India, these beautiful handmade cards are silkscreen-printed on handmade paper. Greeting card set of 10 blank cards with envelopes in a specially crafted box. Contains: 2 x The Unborn Fish 2 x The Sacred Seed 2 x The Egg of Origins 2 x Air 2 x Time ₹550 | $25 | €18 | £14.99 EAN: 0753807536516 ISBN: 978-93-83145-33-1
Individual blank cards with envelopes: ₹65 | $4 | €3.50 | £2.50 Retail packs of 10 blank cards with envelopes, two each of five designs: ₹585 | $36 | €31.50 | £22.50 EAN: 0602401675131 ISBN: 978-93-83145-52-2
Images from the book Creation
the night life of trees Card size: 12.5 x 18 cm Handmade paper, 200 gsm
Rendered in the intricate Gond tribal art style from central India, these beautiful handmade cards are silkscreen-printed on black handmade paper. Greeting card set of 10 blank cards with envelopes in a specially crafted box. Contains: 2 x The Peacock 2 x The Dumar Tree 2 x The Creation of Trees 2 x The Home of the Creator 2 x The Binding Tree ₹550 | $25 | €18 | £14.99 EAN: 0726670463739 ISBN: 978-81-923171-8-2
Individual blank cards with envelopes: ₹65 | $4 | €3.50 | £2.50 Retail packs of 10 blank cards with envelopes, two each of five designs: ₹585 | $36 | €31.50 | £22.50 EAN: 0753807518420 ISBN: 978-93-83145-50 -8
Images from the book The Night Life of Trees
waterlife Card size: 10.5 x 18 cm Handmade paper, 200 gsm
Creatures of the water as you have never seen them before, rendered in the brilliant Mithila style of folk painting from eastern India. Greeting card set of 10 blank cards with envelopes in a specially crafted box. Contains: 2 x The Marriage Symbol 2 x The Crab and the Spider Crab 2 x The Octopus at Home 2 x The Whale 2 x Crocodile Smile ₹550 | $25 | €18 | £14.99 EAN: 0726670463722 ISBN: 978-81-923171-17-5
Individual blank cards with envelopes: ₹65 | $4 | €3.50 | £2.50 Retail packs of 10 blank cards with envelopes, two each of five designs: ₹585 | $36 | €31.50 | £22.50 EAN: 0753807518390 ISBN: 978-93-83145-51-5
Images from the book Waterlife
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