While I was enjoying an amazing art residency in Montana, Steve went weekly to the Pickens County flea market. Some weeks, he found nothing. One week, however, he scored big! He bought a big tub of assorted rubber duckies. The seller assured him that there were over three hundred. I was thrilled. It took a full day to sort them, trying to find ones that could work together for a found object mandala.
Oddly enough, there weren't many that truly resembled the rubber duckie featured on Sesame Street. You know the type! Simple yellow ducks with orange bills ... like those on this mandala! This didn't matter to me! After all, an assortment of 151 were absolutely ideal for Tidal Wave V. Ones with black hair or hats worked well on Mandala CCLXV. A variety went on Mandala CCLXIV Duckies carrying tiny surfboards looked great with the Bullwinkle plate, Mandala CCLXIII. But I did manage to find eight "traditional" duckies that were the same size and one that was a little bigger for the center.
After looking at this group, I knew I wanted to make a small mandala to feature them. I already had the ducks cut from shower curtain hooks. It was just a matter of finding a few other things to compliment the arrangement. I'm happy with how this piece turned out ... the ultimate rubber duckie mandala!
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