Butterfly rangoli kolam
Butterfly rangoli kolam
Butterflies are wonders of nature. They are so beautiful in various shapes and sizes. Very attractive catch eye of all human beings. Flowers are the source of their nutrition. Stars are as beautiful as the butterflies. Butterflies are symbol of freedom, beauty, seduction etc. Flowers are sign of beauty and life, sometimes womanhood. Whereas stars signify light shone on the right path. These were always there in our life and our ancestors. And inspired our fellow beings who used them in their many forms of art.
In the center we can see a flower. The petals of which looks a bit like the skewed up version of butterfly with antennas on top. The star encompasses the flower. Six petaled flower and pink butterflies surround it. The overall shape is hexagonal.
It is drawn with the help of the dots. This kolam design comes under the category of butterfly kolam, dots kolam, flower kolam, pulli kolam and other kolam. The colors used are well balanced. The kolam is symmetrical in nature. It can be colored to create a rangoli.
Flower Kolam
Flower Kolam
Flower has become an object which mainly inspired most the artist in every common man or woman. Different flowers and their stylized form is used in many of the designs. In carvings, architecture, drawings, murals and other early representation of art. Using geometrical form of flowers can be seen in stained glass, mosiacs and some embroideries.
This kolam design reminds me of phulkari embroidery of punjab. Eight petaled flowers in a cross like shape is used throughout the design. It looks mostly like the traditional motif of Phulkari. It forms a step like design. Which has layers to it.
There is symmetry in the design. It is proportional to each other. There is repetition in the design. There is rhythm in the kolam. It uses geometric motifs. Kolam is drawn with the help of dots. This kolam can be colored with bright colors to bring part of punjab to your door step, literally. It comes under the category of dots kolam, flower kolam, pulli kolam and other kolam.
Star kolam
Star kolam
Kolam is pride of the house in Tamil Nadu. Ladies here have competition within themselves about whose kolam is biggest in their neighborhood. Before it was just a big pulli kolam but these days they are coloring it with various colors. Colors are also considered in the competition. The kolam are drawn with the help of all the ladies of the house even small girls put their effort. It has become a biggest part of our culture. Usually drew the kolam as big as the road.
The center of the kolam is six petaled flower. Star encompasses the flower design. Star is surrounded by buds of flower which forms a hexagonal shape.Front face of lotus and flower design surrounds it. Lotus faces outside and flower towards the center. Overall shape of the design is also hexagonal. It can be drawn as a rangoli too with the help of colors. Dots are used as guidance to draw this floral kolam.
This kolam comes under the category of dots kolam, flower kolam, pulli kolam, star kolam and lotus kolam. It is proportional; and is symmetrical. It has balance.
Deepam dots kolam
Deepam Kolam
There are four main things present in every marriage in all south Indian marriage. These are deepams or vilakku, kuthuvilakku, kumbam and sacred fire or yaagam. Vilakku literally means 'keeping away', deepam or lamp keeps away darkness. Kuthu vilakku is another kind of lamp mostly made of metal. It has a stand on which the area were oil is poured to light the thiri is kept. Kumbum is a metal short pot with sacred water. Mango leaves are dipped into the pot. Yaagam is the sacred fire which is the main part of the marriage. Herbs are set on fire in a brick well, this releases healthy gas.
Kolam design is made of these motifs. The center of the rangoli is yagam. It is surrounded by kumbam motifs. The overall shape of the kolam is hexagonal. The vertex is occupied by kuthu vilakku and the edge by sets of three vilakku. The design is symmetrical. Drawn with the guidance e of dots. Dot kolam is the main form of kolam design in tamil nadu. It is simple and elegant. Curved lines of dot kolam designs are rhythmic and eye catching.
It comes under the category of Deepam kolam, dots kolam, festival kolam, karthigai deepam kolam, kumbam kolam and pulli kolam.
Flower dots kolam
Flower dots kolam
Kolam or rangoli is design made by common house wives. We call them home maker and they were true to the name. Am an interior designer pursuing education. But truly they did all jobs of a interior designer, house keeping, baby sitting, cooking and what not. They were all multitasking and handled it all very well. They were also very observant of everything around them. Mainly nature inspired them.
Our ancestors were very close to nature. They studied them from very less distance than we do. Water bodies were much attractive to them as they usually lived near water bodies to fulfill their water needs. Thus, Lotus and water lilies became part of their floral designs. This rangoli design consist of flowers and lotus.
The center of the design is six petaled swastik shaped flower. Surrounded with vines with flowers and leaves. Further surrounded with big swastik flowers and lotuses. The overall shape of the kolam is hexagonal. It comes under the category of flower kolam, pulli kolam, dots kolam, apartment kolam, lotus kolam and festival kolam. One should not forget ones culture whatever the reason.
Peacock kolam
Peacock kolam
This kolam or rangoli is made of peacock or flower motif. Kolam is a very beautiful art known in various names across the country. In Tamil Nadu, one has Kolam, Madanae in Rajasthan, Chowkpurna in Northern India, Alpana in Bengal, Aripana in Bihar, chowk pujan in uttar pradesh etc. Kolam in Tamil nadu is more known to me as I'm a tamilian. Our ancestors used rice floor to draw this design on prepared mud floor in front of the house. It was so done to feed ants, insects and other small animals. Thus, avoiding them wandering into their homes in search of food.
This kolam or rangoli comes in the category of bird kolam, dots kolam, flower kolam, peacock kolam and pulli kolam. The center of the kolam is a floral design with leaves. There are six peacocks around the center, seen perching on a branch with small leaves. Its overall shape is hexagonal in shape. Its a pulli kolam which is drawn with the help of dots placed in an hexagonal shape in a planned way. In the past, Dots were kept randomly arranged and than the design is created. This somewhat like a puzzle which boosts the creative part of the brain.
The kolam powder is taken between thumb and fore finger. Line is drawn on the earth without directly touching it. It needs good practice to draw the line without spilling the kolam powder everywhere and spoiling the design.
Dots kolam
Dots kolam
"I came to feel an artist might use anything - a dot, a line, the most conventional or unconventional symbol - to say what he wanted to say" -Marcel Duchamp.
"The dot stands for 'detail' - always be paying attention to detail. I feel that people take you as serious as you take yourself. I spent a lot of time working on my craft, developing my style, and after I came out of my little incubation, I promised that I would pay attention to detail" - Anderson Paak.
Our mothers used to draw new designs and their inspiration in any paper they got hold of. This was their creativity. This their way of decorating our houses. From our childhood we have been seeing this and secretly appreciating it.
This design is made of set of modified stars or flowers with curved lines. Its over all shape is hexagonal. The design is made of seven modified stars or flower. There is balance in the design. It is symmetrical. Colors can be used to enhance the design.
There is emphasis in the design. This kolam or rangoli is made with the guide of dots. There is a outer line which completes the design. It comes under the category of dots kolam, pulli kolam, simple kolam, star kolam and other kolams. It can also be colored.
Simple deepam kolam
Simple deepam kolam
"Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it" -Louis-Ferdinand Celine
"I like simplicity. I like using natural sources. I like images to look natural - as though somebody sitting in a room by a lamp is being lit by that lamp" -Roger Deakin
When i was a child my mother used to draw kolam everyday in front of the house. She used to collect pages of magazine which had inspirational designs. And also has a notebook with kolam drawn with pencil or pen. These were usually scribbles or trials of the kolam or rangoli design. She also tried new innovative designs. With random number of dots on the page she designed creative motifs.
This is one such design, it has both flower and deepam or lamp. The center of the design is a six petaled flower. Six lamps or deepam, placed side wise, around the flower. The flame on the deepam is in the shape of the petal of flower.
There is a symmetry in the design. This design can be colored to enhance the design. The overall shape of the design is hexagonal. It can be used as sides of kolam or rangoli. It can be drawn with or without the guidance of the dots. It comes in the category of deepam kolam, dots kolam, flower kolam and pulli kolam.
Flowers dots kolam
Flowers dots kolam
"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser" -John W. Gardner
According to Lance Nelson’s study of Kolam “Bhumi Devi [earth goddess] is our mother. She is everyone’s source of existence. Nothing would exist without her. The entire world depends on her for sustenance and life. So, we draw the kolam first to remind ourselves of her. All day we walk on Bhumi Devi. All night we sleep on her. We spit on her. We poke her. We burden her. We do everything on her. We expect her to bear us and all the activities we do on her with endless patience. That is why we do the kolam.”
Like other traditional art of India, Kolam is also transferred from one generation to another. Grandmothers teach their grandchildren. Some educated women started to keep records of the design so that it can be passed from one generation to other. Gradually new designs are added to the kolam book.
This is a basic kolam design. mostly used as sides of the design. Simple floral design with curved lines to support it. It is symmetrical. The center of the design is a six petaled big flower with sharp petals. Central flower is surrounded by six small flowers. There are curved lines joining the big flowers with the smaller ones.
The design is symmetrical and well balanced. Colors can be used to enhance the design. It comes in the category of dots kolam, flower kolam, pulli kolam and other kolam. The emphasis is given by the size difference in the flower. The center flower bigger than the surrounding once.
Deepam kolam
Deepam kolam
In many of the drawn kolam designs already posted in here, we have told you where we got it from. In south India the kolam or rangoli design is passed on from generation to generation. Some educated women started recording it on paper. They also added some inspirational and their own creative designs to this notebook. So gradually the content increases.
This particular kolam is an arrangement of deepam or lamp to form a design. First dots are kept than the arrangement is done. In the center is a circled dot and four deepam facing away from each other in a '+' like formation. After an interval another deepam is kept on the original four. A curved outline encompasses this. The vertex of the outlines are completed with deepams.
It comes under the category of deepam kolam, pulli kolam, diwali kolam, festival kolam, karthigai deepam kolam, lamp kolam and dots kolam. It can be colored to enhance its beauty or aesthetic quality.
Peacock dots kolam
