Mandala CCX

(Above:  Mandala CCX. Custom framed: 21 1/4" x 21 1/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  Part of a lamp; poker chips; two teams of foosball figures; toy car wheels; sun-shaped parts of napkin rings; prisms; vintage electrical capacitors; four rotors from toy helicopters; keys; beer caps; expired medical devices in clear/green plastic containers; bright yellow electrical wire end connectors; red, plastic circles from a beer yoke; assorted buttons. Click on either image to enlarge.)

I've had the two teams of foosball figures for several months and have no idea why I waited to use them!  Perhaps it was the colors.  I just didn't respond well to a limited palette of red and yellow.  When I finally pulled out the green and blue poker chips to accompany the red and yellow ones, the design just fell into place.  Sometimes, the center inspires the mandala.  Sometimes, it's one multiple arranged in a focal circle that inspires the mandala.  Sometimes, it's the colors.  This is one of those times!