Mandala CCLXXIII, Green Rubber Duckies

(Above:  Mandala CCLXXIII. Custom framed: 22 1/2" x 22 1/2".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A yellow 45 children's record; bottle caps; green rubber duckies; badminton shuttlecocks; plastic bottle caps; toddler snack tops; blue poker chips; glass prisms; wooden dice with Scrabble lettering; pale pink hair rollers; green plastic containers with yellow lids; hexagonal toy dowel connectors and wing flies; yellow tiddlywinks; assorted buttons and beads. Click on any image to enlarge.)

I thought I was done with rubber duckies; I was wrong!  Even after stitching a tidal wave with over 150 of them and several mandalas, I still have more!  I couldn't resist the challenge of using these strange green ones!

 

(Above: Detail of Mandala CCLXXIII.)

Part of the challenge was to use plenty of red but not end up with an artwork that looked like it was inspired by Christmas.  The addition of blue and yellow seemed to pull off success!  

 

(Above:  Mandala CCLXXIII seen at an angle.)

There are two "hidden gems" to this piece.  First, there's a bottle cap inside each of the badminton shuttlecocks that aren't visible from a straight-on view.  Then ... I spelled out Games, toys, and love using the small dice embossed with Scrabble markings.  It was hard to do because I didn't have an entire set.  Ordinarily, I spell out "Found Objects" or "Found Object Mandala" but I didn't have either a B or a J.  I wish I knew exactly what the green plastic containers in the corners were.  I have a bunch of them but no idea what their intended use was!