Sikku kolam
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Sikku Kolam -31
A starter kolam in my Vacation collection Folder. After a hiatus, I drew this small kolam with kolapodi as a practice to move on to bigger versions.…
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Vinns· Dec 22, 2013
A sacred compendium of morning threshold rituals, mathematical Sikku knots, and ceremonial floor art curated by traditional artist Vinns.
A starter kolam in my Vacation collection Folder. After a hiatus, I drew this small kolam with kolapodi as a practice to move on to bigger versions.…
A small kolam with 11 dots. This has two strands running through the dots. I have added border with some detailing work for enhancement. The purple…
An easy kolam though may look difficult. It has many individual strands mostly rectangle shapes and its easy to draw without any hassles. I tried to…
This kolam has a single line running through the dots. This may look bit complicated, but if practiced on paper for twice or thrice, sure this design…
I draw kolams with kola podi when I'm in India, that too in thick strokes, as I needn't worry about the stock. I have requested my mom to buy fresh…
For the very first time I have used wet kaavi for a kolam. When I was young I have seen red earth soil used as kaavi at my Grandmas village. The red…
A 17x17 dot sikku kolam done at my inlaws place. I tried to click a photo before the neighbour's farm animals and chickens made their way to their…
A 21 dot sikku kolam done with kola powder on a windy day. A creation which was directly copied from the book to the floor without any rehearsals
Another creation from my "vacation kolam collection", copied from my mother's old note book. This is a 19-11 dot interlaced pattern with a celtic…
A 15-9 dotted kolam with interlaced pattern. I liked this kolam for the sikku strand forming a star shape around the centre flower. Tried my level…
This is a 6x6 dot kolam with extra dots on corners. I'll try to upload a dot template later. The size of kolam can be increased by adding the below…
A sikku kolam with 27 Dots, the highest dot count I have ever tried. Gargantuan to me. I haven't tried kolam with more than 11 dots, but in this…