Mandala CCLXX, Stay Trippy Little Hippie

 

(Above:  Mandala CCLXX. Nickname: Stay Trippy Little Hippie. Custom framed: 20" x 20".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include:  Metal sign; assorted rubber duckies; porcelain handled drawer pulls; Tinker Toy connectors; VMI brass buttons; insulin lancets; Mardi Gras doubloons; beer caps; Ford hub cap centers; assorted buttons and beads. Click on either image to enlarge.)

I am writing this blog post in advance ... scheduling it for the day during which Steve and I head to Easton, Maryland in order to deliver artwork to Spiralis Gallery.  I'm pretty sure this piece will be with us!  The gallerist has requested "rubber duckies".  That's one of the joys of blogging and sharing artwork on social media!  Gallerists are among the people who see the artwork even before it is finished!

 

(Above:  Detail of Mandala CCLXX.)

I posted an "in progress" image on Instagram.  It was just a "story" ... the sort of interaction that only stays available for twenty-four hours ... but the gallerist saw it!  Steve laughed.  Why?  Well ... he didn't think I should buy the little metal "Stay Trippy Little Hippie" sign when I spotted it at the Pickens County flea market.  I insisted despite the fact that at the time I had no idea how to use it!  Of course, Steve was the one who spotted the porcelain handled drawer pulls.  I missed them!  Together we are a good team.  Together ... we are taking this mandala to Maryland!