Decorative Carpets

Special occasions call for special deco, and I love working with the following materials to create floor carpets.

• Flower carpets - give a lush look, but sometimes I dont feel so good about wasting all that flower! 
• Grain carpets have fewer colors and if used on a clean surface can be reused if you take care to keep the grains separate while removing the carpet. 
• I love salt carpets best - because they are inexpensive, disposing means just dissolving the salt, and you can add rangoli colors to make vibrant carpets. A word of caution  though - salt tends to water so your fingers get dark and sticky while working with them. Also ensure that you make your salt carpet on polythene, else the color seeps into the floor and takes some scrubbing to clean all that color.

Introduced to this art by my aunt, I have made several carpets over the years and continue to enjoy making them - hoping to locate the pictures and share some inspiration.

Made from peppercorns, rice, toor dal, channa dal, ragi, and green gram.
Design courtesy: Needle n Thread magazine