This time last month, I was in Coorg, Karnataka, for a short spring break. Known as the Scotland of India, Coorg is famous for its coffee and spice plantations. I was there for three days and toured Bylakupe (A huge Tibetan settlement) Madikeri, Talacauvery (the origin point of river Kaveri), Bhagamandala (A 1000 year old Shiva Temple), Nisaragadhama, a coffee and spice plantation and Melkote ( A 1000+ year old Vishnu temple) and Srinrangapatna (The seat of Tipu Sultan) apart from doing lots of shopping.
My favourite corner was the one with the red telephone box. Our “room” was a quaint little cottage with a normal private garden replete with a lily pond and normal chairs where we enjoyed a lazy evening snack.
There were so many many beautiful flowers there and I was inspired to create resin jewelry by embedding them. So I sought permission from the resort, plucked them, sourced cat litter (clumping as I couldn’t find Silica gel litter) and plastic container in an unfamiliar small town to dry the flowers and carted them all the way back to Chennai to find out that the flowers were completely dried out due to the heat and it was an epic fail 🙁 I have been drying variations of flower drying ever since, I am yet to try salt drying, but almost always they get spoiled afterwards due to the extreme heat and humidity not even giving me a chance to put them in resin. Maybe I ought to try it in the cooler months. 
So that was a small sample of what we saw on the trip. I found something (or was it someone?) special on this trip and I will write about it soon. If these pictures seem familiar then you have either been to the Amanvana Spa and resort or you seen this pics on Instagram. Not yet following me on IG? Click here to follow Jewelsofsayuri to learn more new offerings, behind the scenes secrets and a wee bit more about my life.
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12 responses to “Nature trails at Coorg”
Once again my admiration for giving resin a go – I have to say I hate anything sticky – most of it gets stuck to me when I am creating it, and once I am done, it never seems to set properly and behaves differently in different climates. But of course, I too keep trying and one day will hit a winning formula! I have just tried cold enamels which of course is resin by another name – yet to decide whether it is a pass or an 'epic fail' 🙂
Hey Divya I hope you enjoyed your trip a lot. I love the unique flower, why this beauty is hidden from the camera eye of NatGeo.
Anyways, I would love to see your upcoming jewelry projects. Keep them coming 🙂 I enjoy your Instagram updates, Keep sharing.
Coorg is a nice place. Even we are planning to visit it in May. Your post is very helpful to plan our trip.
Waiting for the next post, to know about something (someone) special 🙂
Wow! The pictures are so beautiful and the scenery inspirational – I hope you are going to show us the sketches you did and probably your future projects originating from them?
So sad the flowers didn't make it 🙁
Oh I am not sure, I was fascinated when I saw that flower – it was blooming right outside our room. It looked like a bird in mid flight and nobody there knew is name
Using Resin is like driving a car in peak traffic, you need to know just how maneuver it. But here I didnt even get the chance to put the flowers in resin, they got spoiled before that 🙁 Cold enamels however is another story, even after working with resin for the past 5 years, I cant seem to get it right
Hi, Coorg is quite a hot place, though it might rain in may and make it bearable. Just book yourself a nice resort and venture out only if you want to visit Talacauvery. There is nothing else worth braving the sun in Madikeri
The ideas were for the flower embedded pieces 🙁 the other sketch was on my mom – much younger, reading a book
What a beautiful place and great landscaping! Too bad about the flowers – at least, now you know more about how not to dry them 🙂 I am a bit unsure about resin but I'm determined to take a short evening course in May.
What a beautiful place, it looks perfect for escaping and relaxing! Intrigued to see what {or who} your next post is about!
Resin is a very interesting and exciting medium. But getting resin, esp the good branded ones is an uphill battle, rest is manageable. I am a little disappointed with the flowers as I won't get such small colorful flowers in the city, particularly in this heat. But then as you rightly pointed out I learnt how not to do it
It indeed was very refreshing, we just didnt feel like leaving