1. TAPA DESIGNS What is TAPA ? Lets understand..

3. Bark is a tree's natural armor and protects from external threats.

4. How bark was used to make cloth ? What is this man doing ?

5. Thin strips were taken out from the tree trunks, and then people wove the strips together to make a cloth, and later it was painted with natural dyes and colors.

6. So we all understand what is “Tapa”, and we already know what is design * so now we will look into some “Tapa Designs”

8. What all things we see in these designs ?,

9. Lets have a close look

10. We see lines, shapes, patterns, colors, repetition, rhythm, form and contrast. Is it really difficult to make these types of designs ?

11. Or is it very easy ? Lets try and make our own tapa design…