Kolam (Tamil) - beauty, form and play
Ephemeral threshold art from southern India
Rice-flour and chalk
Dots and lines
Prayers in patterns
Drawings announcing a new day
Generation after generation
Beautiful Videopoem by Kaaren Beckhof - Kolams of Pondicherry
Photos: Sévérine Bourgignon
Ephemeral threshold art from southern India
Rice-flour and chalk
Dots and lines
Prayers in patterns
Drawings announcing a new day
Generation after generation
Beautiful Videopoem by Kaaren Beckhof - Kolams of Pondicherry
Photos: Sévérine Bourgignon
These are beautiful pictures! I am alwasy inspired by the colors what they use...Bright colors...amazing! Thank you for sharing!!
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ReplyDeletec'est drôle j'avais pensé à faire un post sur ces peintures éphémères ... les photos sont superbes
So pretty... I love all those colours. Not sure my neighbours would appreciate it if I did that outside my flat though :(
ReplyDeletewow, i saw one of these when we were in Lincoln (of all places), the man was using crushed marble to do it and he added Iris's name in the most elegant font. amazing skills, eh?
ReplyDeleteReally nice... love all the colors and what an incredible patterning in that last beautiful shot!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and amazing!
ReplyDeletethis is soo cool. i wish i could see this in person. thank you! besos!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, I love the idea of disposable joy giving art.
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