It seems like just days ago when I finished a Found Object Mandala featuring a ring of wooden mules! Oh, wait a minute! It was just days ago! (Click HERE to see the post!) Soon after finishing it, the artwork was shared on social media. It caught the attention of a nice woman in Texas. After only a few email messages and a PayPal invoice, the piece was boxed and shipped! I was amazed but also very, very happy! Not only did this mandala find a permanent home but that home was in Texas, a place where I fell in love with the big, brown eyes of the burros at Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
Yet, I was also a little concerned. Why? Well on the day when I shared the work on social media, my mail brought a nice envelope from the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville. I'm always excited when this happens because I know there's a check inside for sold artwork. Immediately, I wrote to my contact person and asked if the gallery wanted more work. I added a sentence ... one in which I mentioned having a mandala with wooden mules. The gallery sold a large mandala featuring these carved pack animals. I figured they'd want this new one too. They answered ... right after the nice lady in Texas requested it.
What to do? Well ... stitch another one (and quickly)! This, however, will be the last mandala to feature these cute wooden mules. When I bought the large box at auction, it looked like an endless supply but it wasn't. There aren't enough left for a similar design ... just five or six of the light colored ones. Now ... the two mandalas do have the same basic design but the quilt is totally different. I couldn't duplicate myself if tried! Everyone of these mandalas is a one-of-a-kind artwork. I do hope that this one finds a nice home too. It goes to Asheville in the morning!
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