Mandala CCXLVII

(Above:  Mandala CCXLVII.  Custom framed:  16" x 16".  Found objects hand-stitched to a scrap of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A small, plastic "point-less" dart board; Go Gater game discs; vintage bottle cap openers; beer caps; lime green plastic tops from a six-pack beer yoke; six, yellow eagle-shaped game pieces; and assorted buttons.  Click on image to enlarge.)

This Found Object Mandala is truly unique!  The center is a plastic target.  The protruding, flexible bristles will literally "catch" the point-less darts.  I didn't show the darts but they are inside a Ziploc bag attached to the wire on the back of the frame.  Also attached to the top edge of the back of the frame is a short aluminum cleat.  Inside the Ziploc bag is the other half of the cleat.  Instructions for mounting the artwork using the cleats is written on the back.  Using the cleat will make the artwork very stable on any wall ... so that people can still throw the darts at the target! 

This is how my mind occasionally works!  Putting parts of a six-pack yoke, beer caps, and bottle openers with all sorts of game pieces.  Fun, fun, fun!