Mandala CCXXXIX

(Above:  Mandala CCXXXIX. 16" x 16". Found objects hand stitched to a section of a vintage quilt top layered on a piece of canvas. Objects include:  A lusterware saucer with a pewter coaster, gold belt buckle, and the face of a pocket watch; four, glass bobeches (candle drip rings); white frog closures for winter coats; bottle caps; drawer pull plates; ornamental plastic pears; brass findings for earrings; felt hammers from a piano; assorted buttons and beads.  Click on either image to enlarge.)

This is the first mandala I've stitched using a piece of ceramics through which I successfully drilled holes!  By no means am I an expert in the use of my new, diamond-tipped drill bit but this did work.  A small souvenir from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics broke.  Oh well.  I've already acquired other pieces of china and ceramics to try.  The substrata was not much larger than this mandala.  It wasn't quilted.  Amazingly, the hexies were all expertly hand-stitched together and were in such great shape that I didn't even put a piece of bridal tulle/netting over the top.

(Above:  Mandala CCXXXIX from an angle.)