Sikku kolam
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A 16 dot sikku kolam, in which a plus sign and four heart shapes surfaced after shading was done. The outcome looks good, but in a closer view, the…
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Vinns· Nov 25, 2013
A sacred compendium of morning threshold rituals, mathematical Sikku knots, and ceremonial floor art curated by traditional artist Vinns.
A 16 dot sikku kolam, in which a plus sign and four heart shapes surfaced after shading was done. The outcome looks good, but in a closer view, the…
This is a 6x6 dot count kolam but looks like a freehand, Isn't it? Small and simple to draw. After finishing this kolam, I felt the size was too…
A two layered petaled flower design kolam surrounded with heart shapes. I like the sikku strand connecting the four flowers, it looks nice to see the…
A simple kolam with flowers and buds. The centre design can be drawn separately with 7-1 dot pattern. It used to be a challenge to draw the centre…
I was in a hurry to finish this kolam. Its a common act for me to rush towards the finish. This is a 15-1 dot straight pattern kolam. A simple 5-1…
This is one of my favourite kolams, small, cute and can be done in a swift. I have tried to to dress up the sikku kolam with some frills around it…
The heart shape and the small green colour triangle reminds me of a candy which I had when I was in primary school. My school canteen had a wide…
Another version of 13x13 dot count. The kolam with the sikku strand as the border with four butterflies on the corners and a bigger one in the…
Due to space constraint, I needed to squeeze the kolam to fit into the gap at my door step. Though the other end of the floor wasn't user friendly…
A simple design with 12x2-2 dot count. It took less than 10 mins to finish off as the design was too easy to draw and its obviously true as this…
This is 13x13 straight dot count kolam. Four coloured butterflies within the sikku strands. I haven't done much detailing work as If felt this looked…
This was the last kolam done at my old residence before moving to new home. I had a good Chinese neighbour and their son who was 2 yeras old then,…