Rangoli – Parrot Faced

Rangoli / designs drawn using chalk powder or with flowers / pookalam is very important in Hindu households all over India.  During festivals, people enjoy drawing rangoli inside or outside their house.

Forest Harmony

This arrangement is known as landscape Moribana in which natural landscapes like forest, hills and rivers are represented using the minimum space of the containers. A keen observer of scenic beauty would be very successful in mixing the material and arranging the landscape very near to the actual scene imagined.

Flowers of Victory

This flower arrangement / Ikebana is arranged in such a way that it represents victory.

Pookalam Art

Pookalam (Flower Rangloli / Pattern), the art of designing floral carpets on the day of  Onam festival in Kerala welcome their beloved king Mahabali.  This floral art can be made on any occasion to add color and cheer to the house.  Many types of flowers can be used to make Pookalam.  First zero in on a design [...]

Pookalam

Flower arrangement of Indian origin is Pookalam. “Poo” means flower and “kalam” design in Malayalam. The flowers are laid out in beautiful patterns on the floor. Traditionally laying out Pookalam is a ritual practiced in every household during the fifteen-day-long Onam celebrations to welcome their beloved king Mahabali.

Oriental Serendipity

A silver tray displays a Sogetsu arrangement of dwarf umbrella tree branches and aromatic oriental lilies. Cannon ball tree branches can also be used.

Autumn Winter Arrangement

The trees change to a beautiful gold and rust color in Autumn and as they fall revel the intricate shapes of the branches they hung on for that year.  This Ohara style flower arrangement is done using dried twigs, nuts and leaves.

Fruit Flowers and Light

This is Dutch style of flower arrangement.  The materials used range from fruits, flowers and candles.  The different hues of flowers and fruits complement each other with candles lighting up the arrangement.  This arrangement is perfect during Diwali.

Hanging Basket Arrangement

Flowers arranged in a hanging basket adds a mystic touch and is very practical when young toddlers are at home or are invited.

Ananthanagantu Rangoli

This Rangoli / pattern is drawn on Ananthapadmanabha Vratha / festival of Vishnu.