6×3 or 6×4: choosing the right size for your backdrop
Every cora mat we weave comes in one of two widths. Here is how to tell which one actually fits your pooja room, stage or doorway before you order.
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Notes from the table — process, pieces, occasions.
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Lotus, kolam and Namam: reading the patterns on a cora mat
Every pattern on our cora mats is counted out from memory, not printed. Here is what the lotus, the kolam and the Govinda Namam actually mean, and why no two mats come off the loom quite the same.
Four days a mat: what goes into a single cora weave
A single lotus cora mat takes roughly four days on the loom. Here is what happens between the wild grass arriving at the studio and the mat being wrapped for the puja room.