Mandala CCXI

(Above:  Mandala CCXI.  Custom framed:  40" x 40".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: Parts of two antique lamps; wooden textile mill perns/spindles; toy car wheels; keys; blocks cut in half;  wooden, decorative bird ornaments; brown coasters; bright blue coffee K-pods; Mardi Gras doubloons; prisms; and assorted buttons and beads. Click on any image to enlarge.)

I've run out of the colorful, wooden bird ornaments that I bought at the Creative Reuse Shop in Springfield, Illinois.  I'm a little sad about it because the shop had even more of them.  I never thought I'd use the ones I got but I did.  However, I have lots and lots more toy car wheels despite using more than fifty of them for this Found Object Mandala!

 

(Above:  Detail of Mandala CCXI.)

This past week was exciting.  Two medium-sized In Boxes and an older piece over which I poured UV filtering epoxy went to the GreenHill Center of NC Arts in Greensboro, NC (despite the fact that I'm not really from North Carolina!) and another Found Object Mandala went to the Holiday Ensemble Show at Spalding Nix Fine Art in Atlanta.  Meanwhile, another mandala sold at Spiralis in Easton, MD.  I finished two large In Boxes and another smaller, hand-stitched one.  Plus, I'm working on a commission!  Life is good!