Mandala CCLXI, Small Indian Icon

(Above:  Mandala CCLXI, the small Indian icon.  Custom framed:  15 1/2" x 15 1/2".  Found objects hand stitched to a block of an antique quilt.  Objects include:  A small, leather patch featuring an Indian woman; a protractor; antique chocolate milk bottle cardboard lids; external tooth lock washers; brass screw eyes; pieces of jewelry; gold shank buttons mounted on grommets; assorted buttons and beads.  Click on any image to enlarge.)

This piece started with two frames left outside the custom picture framing shop where our orders of moulding and framing supplies are delivered (because our supplier doesn't want to add another stop to our weekly truck delivery service!) Thankfully, the couple who own The Framery in Liberty, South Carolina are really nice and allow us to pick up things at their shop!  They are so nice that they leave scraps of mat board, old boxes, and discarded frames outside their front door with a sign reading:  FREE!  The two frames were in terrible shape.  One was definitely broken but I could easily see that between the two, one unique frame could be cut and built.  Steve built it and added an interior frame (the gold lip shown in the image above.  Yes ... this is "double framed"!)

 

(Above:  Detail of Mandala CCLXI.)

I then went to work designing something for the frame ... something exotic because that outer frame seemed quite ornate.  This is what I came up with and I'm very please how it all came out!

(Above:  Mandala CCLXI at an angle.)