Mandala CCXLII

(Above:  Mandala CCXLII. Custom framed: 22" x 22". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of an antique quilt. Objects include:  A green, metal trivet with a small, hand-painted wooden disc; five plastic bridesmaids and groomsmen; leaf-shaped mint containers; green golf tees; external toothed lock washers; drawer hinges; green bottle caps; prisms; copper UK pennies; small, plastic crowns; assorted buttons and beads. Click on any image to enlarge.)

I laid out this mandala at the same time as I designed Mandala CCXLI.  Both used a section of the same antique quilt.  When auditioning objects, I tried them on one and then the other substrata.  The challenge with this piece, however, was in the need to cut away the entire back portion of the bridesmaids' dresses.  Fortunately, my Dremel tool did the trick.

 

(Above:  Detail of Mandala CCXLII.)

The other challenge involved the spoons.  They are not all identical.  In fact, some were regular spoons and some were long iced tea spoons.  My bolt cutter came in handy for that situation!

 

(Above:  Mandala CCXLII at an angle.)

 

Otherwise, I used my grinder to remove the feet from the metal trivet and drilled plenty of holes in various objects, including the hand-painted disc attached to the trivet.  Creating these mandalas is almost always an exercise in "fun with tools"!