Mirror Kolam

Lata Fri, 08/06/2010 - 12:56
ammuchandhini
this is awesome latha...ur animation for this is very helpful to follow....so nice to see ur submission after a loooooooong gap ...
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 17:49 Permalink
Rajusree
This is a beautiful kolam n i like the centre design so much. The birdies looks so cute.
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 17:55 Permalink
P.Veni
Fantastic work, lata ,nice to see such mirror designs.( en kola animation tutorial edhirparkkiren)
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 19:07 Permalink
jayamohan
I too like the birds version. It reminds how sparrowsused to sit in front of the mirror and kothify its image! I don't see sparrows in Chennai at all!
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 20:37 Permalink
sudhabalakrishnan
wonderful lata, if done as a real frame will be a nice collection of antiques, wonderful giving the bridie effect looks great.
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 20:57 Permalink
rajamma_2

With Sona design you have created this wonderful mirror kolam,.Birdies are very very cute.Animation is an added bonus to this. Lata, after a loooong time seeing your creation!. rajamma
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 21:14 Permalink
alameluranganath
wow such a superb design no words to say. superb superb
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 22:01 Permalink
vyjayanthi
lata all your your kolam r awesome. this is one among them.
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 23:24 Permalink
Padma Prakash
Fantabulous and awesome Lata. Beautiful animation. Easy to follow and draw. I have a dream of creating an animation like this. I dont know when it comes true. Which course I have to undergo to learn this. Kindly help me out.
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 02:19 Permalink
lakshmiraghu
awesome creation it looks like a snake kolam this month 13th and 14th NAGA CHATHURTHI / GARUDA PANCHAMI this kolam matches for the occasions we can draw this in front of pooja room.
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 02:43 Permalink
sjnt
Lata, Centre and sides paarthaal padikkolam pol and inner design paarthaal pullikkolam pola irukku. Nice fusion. Sona drawings inspirationaa?
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 05:53 Permalink
dibbutn
Lata thanks a lot for this kolam... I am so happy to see it. Please keep posting more kolams from time to time dear. You can see from the comments so many are happy to see a kolam from u. Love this kolam, in a maroon background, white pulli, awesome pa.
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 06:32 Permalink
subashini

சாரைபாம்பு பின்னி பிணைவதைஇரண்டு நாட்களாக பேப்பரில் பார்த்தேன் .அது கண் முன்னே நெளிவதை உங்கள் கோலத்தில் பார்த்தேன் .நீண்ட நெடு நாட்களுக்கு பிறகு உங்கள் உங்கள் கோலம் பார்க்க மிகவும் சந்தோஷமாக இருக்கிறது.
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 07:35 Permalink
subashini

சாரைபாம்பு பின்னி பிணைவதைஇரண்டு நாட்களாக பேப்பரில் பார்த்தேன் .அது கண் முன்னே நெளிவதை உங்கள் கோலத்தில் பார்த்தேன் .நீண்ட நெடு நாட்களுக்கு பிறகு உங்கள் உங்கள் கோலம் பார்க்க மிகவும் சந்தோஷமாக இருக்கிறது.
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 07:36 Permalink
brindhanagesh
Very nicely done animation for a very nice design.
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 11:04 Permalink
prabharangan
wow wonderful. These type of dotted kolams will help children to improve their attention and concentration. It is easy to learn because of the animation and they will be benefited out of it. Prabha
Mon, 08/09/2010 - 04:08 Permalink
jkmrao

Beautiful animation! By the way, both the outer (7 x 2) and inner (5 x 2) basic designs are sona patterns. The outer one follows the design of my sona square except that the 90 deg rotated ones do not overlap as in my case. The inner design tracing is different from the outer sona, that is why we get the extra lines. I am not sure whether you intended the sona designs. I am very late in commenting. Congrats, rAjamMAjI for the sOnA finding :-) Regards! - mOhana
Tue, 08/10/2010 - 11:12 Permalink
jkmrao

My earlier comments may be a bit confusing. Both the outer and inner designs have the sOna type of dots (7 x 2 and 5 x 2, both relatively prime). For the outer one, the connections too are sOna-like, but not for the inner ones. Regards! - mOhana
Tue, 08/10/2010 - 11:14 Permalink
judelined
I prefer to look at this kolam at chittu kuruvis (instead of snakes - sending shivers down my spine after last night).. Lovely animation of a pretty kolam Lata - happy to see one after ages. Glad you are able to find time to make this for us once in a while (wonder when Anita is going to find some time to teach me how to make one - sigh!!)..
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 22:57 Permalink
judelined
Jaya there are two places (one in MMDA near the market by our place) and another near Kodambakkam where there two trees that are infested with chittu kuruvis. Every evening by about 5 all of them start making such a big noise (must be atleast minimum 50 on each tree) before they settle down for the night. Wonder if I will be able to get a snap of this soon. In fact I have a snap of one sole sparrow when we visited Jaipur on 2009 - I will upload that snap in the cafe column as soon as I find it :)
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 23:00 Permalink
Lata

In reply to by judelined

Thanks everyone. Ms.Prabha, I try to animate most of what I make for the same purpose that you had mentioned. Glad you enjoyed it. Mohanaji, yes, the inner closed triangular stroke is the extra and different from the rest of the strokes. I got this design from one of the tamil magazine papers that my mom had given me 4 years ago. I don’t know the magazine name, but the name of the kolam was given as “Kannadi kolam” (mirror kolam), and the tag line mentioned that women used this design in kolam competitions. Judy, thanks, I'm sure you won't take long to make one. :)
Thu, 08/12/2010 - 17:50 Permalink
Vinci
Enjoyable experience to see the animation. And finally popping up of birds.. Awesome..Love to copy and paste your open jaws here. My little angel is amused to see the growing lines..
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 03:26 Permalink
Vasi
Very nice and beautiful kolam.Nicely created.I like it very much. Thank you for your immediate response guiding me how to upload kolams further..
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 09:00 Permalink
Pragaya
The kolam is very nice, especially the popping up of the birds. Excellent background.
Wed, 09/15/2010 - 23:45 Permalink
kameswari
Beautiful kolam and animation is too good to follow.
Mon, 01/31/2011 - 03:26 Permalink
vijaysowmya
Awesome kolam ...this is also in my pending list of kolams:)
Mon, 10/31/2011 - 01:27 Permalink
vijaysowmya
Still unable to get that symmetry right. :( :O
Wed, 04/04/2012 - 22:53 Permalink