Title: 'Vocal and Calligraphy'
A workshop by Prof. Santosh Kshirsagar
Faculty Member, Sir J J School of Applied Arts, Mumbai

Abstract:  The workshop will attempt to investigate the connection between vocal with calligraphy. Letter is a systematic group of strokes. Stroke is a drawn line.

Voice is used as a medium to express ourselves in spoken language. This workshop will attempt to understand the connections between spoken/sung voice to strokes, letter and text calligraphically.

Pre-Lunch: Understanding basics of structure in letter and qualities of human voice.

Post=Lunch: Exploring structural possibilities of letter form and text. Task based calligraphic understanding of its connection with vocal.

Material: A4, A3 size papers, Black Ink, All types of Calligraphy tools.

About Instructor:

Prof. Santosh Kshirsagar
Faculty at Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai, India. B.F.A., M.F.A. (by research) from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art. Mumbai, India. Teaching Indian (especially Devanagari) Calligraphy, Typography and visual communication design, from more than two decades at JJIAA, Mumbai. Type Design for Microsoft (OTF for window xp) in Gujrathi & Oriya scripts. He has delivered illustrated talks on Indian Calligraphy in Germany, Belgium, London and Japan. Work exhibited in Australia, USA. Show in Japan with Prof. Mori Kooun. Research presentations: ICTVC Cyprus, ATYPAI Dublin, Ireland, International Graphonomics Society Conference, Japan. He is on expert and advisory board of Typography Day since 2009 till date. He has conducted several workshops, in India and abroad. He is an academic consultant to governmental organizations and many private institutions in India. He is Co-Founder Aksharaya, NGO devoted to letter-form and related issues. http://aksharaya.org/ He is currently pursuing PhD at IDC, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. His area of research is investigating acquisition of handwriting.

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