Welsh animation studio Winding Snake Productions are in India setting up pop-up animation studios in Delhi and Jaipur, where the team will ask local people to share their rangoli skills in exchange for animation skills. This is part of a wider project, Rangoli: art that binds. Rangoli is the art form that creates patterns on floors using materials such as coloured sand, rice and petals.
Through a series of workshops in Wales and India, the Winding Snake team want to learn about rangoli and associated art forms mandana and kolam and share some of their own 2D animation skills in return.
After their trip, the team will produce a short 2D animated film celebrating the skills and knowledge of rangoli. In addition they will visit schools, universities and Girlguiding groups in India and Wales to share their experiences. They will also collect stories from India, Wales and all over the world about how art and creativity has brought people together and forged or strengthened relationships.
