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Swastik Kolam
Swastik is a Sanskrit word meaning good fortune, luck, well-being and represents eternity, particularly the eternal and ever-present force of the…
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Vinns· Dec 8, 2013
A sacred compendium of morning threshold rituals, mathematical Sikku knots, and ceremonial floor art curated by traditional artist Vinns.
Swastik is a Sanskrit word meaning good fortune, luck, well-being and represents eternity, particularly the eternal and ever-present force of the…
A sikku kolam with 12 dots placed in straight pattern which can be drawn in any even number dot count right from 6 dots. When time permits I'll try…
This kolam has an interesting story to share. A major part of kolam is my little angel's contribution, its the kolam on the left hand side with lines…
A small and simple sikku kolam with 5x3-3 straight dots. This is one of my favourite kolams. I have added lotus flowers on the outer layer for…
A flower design and elements with shapes filling the sides of the flowers. I have used chalk piece to draw and shaded with colour chalk. This is a…
I copied this design from my Mom's notebook. That notebook should be 40 years old. My Mom had drawn her collections when she was in her teens and…
I enjoyed this year vacation by drawing kolams in the mornings. This kolam was done at my inlaw's home. As there were no colours, I managed with…
A 19 dot count sikku kolam done at my mom's home. I enjoyed drawing sikku kolams on mud floor, my favorite base. I tried to use kuzhal to outline the…
Another kolam from this year's collection drawn at my mom's place. Tops in my favourite list. Tempted to draw bigger kolams on the bright mud floor…
This sikku kolam was done at my mother's new home when I visited this June. The red soil mud floor enchanted me to draw bigger kolams. My mother…
A 16x16 straight dot kolam with flowers and sikku strands. Actually, I was bit hesitant to upload this kolam as I felt it was not worth to be…
Drawing a line kolam is much easier than a sikku kolam. The dots are connected to form a figure which is repetitive on opposite sides and the…