Pretty Geranium flower mandala

Geranium with Colour boost  

This pretty flower, from the summer, is as close to being a natural mandala as you can get, with its almost perfect symmetry, concentric circles pattern and a central spot that leads your eye there.  A warming floral picture for a cold day and a perfect reminder of summer.

Tulips centres

The centres inside these tulips make naturally and perfectly imperfect mandalas.  The photos were taken back in April.  It's good to remember the beauty that spring holds, on these darkening evenings and damp chilly days! 

It's a Cracker

 

 



Mandalas with Crackers by Shastina only, The Mandala Group 2017

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This year I made some Christmas crackers in miniature and in these photo mandalas, with the addition of some confetti, they went off with a bang!

I used the template from a craft magazine to make the crackers and the pretty papers are from the same place.  I printed some jokes I found on the internet for the inside and used up-cycled ribbons to tie them together.  Then all that was left to do was to add some cracker snaps to complete them and once that was done, I then found making a mandala with them was simply the obvious thing to do.



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To a Colourful Christmas!

Christmas Colour Wheel  by The Mandala Group 2017

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This year's mandala is something a bit different, a colour wheel with a collection of summer flowers and added Christmas cheer from multi-coloured holly leaves and yin yang berries.  Cathy, Sky Dymondz, Jojo, Jenni and Shastina all contributed to this colourful mandala.



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The Mandalas to Colour Project 4

Prettiness to infinity 💙 free to colour, Shastina 2017

The fourth mandala is now available to colour in for free, all that is required is a printer.
 So instructions:
1)print one off, if required you can always right click first to save the image to your computer, then print.
2)take some colouring pencils or pens and you're away!  
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The Mandalas to Colour Project 3

Little and Large stars 💗 free to colour, Shastina 2017

The third mandala is now available to colour in for free, all that is required is a printer.

So instructions:

1)print one off, if required you can always right click first to save the image to your computer, then print.

2)take some colouring pencils or pens and you're away! 

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The Mandalas to Colour Project 2

Lotus and Suns 💓 free to colour, Shastina 2017 

The second mandala is now available to colour in for free, all that is required is a printer.

So, instructions:

1)print one off, if required you can always right click first to save the image to your computer, then print.

2)take some colouring pencils or pens and you're away! 

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The Mandalas to Colour Project 1

Hearts and Flowers 💗 free to colour, Shastina 2017

A new project I have for this year has been inspired by the number of colouring books now available and mine begins with the idea of mandalas that anyone can colour in for free, all that is required is a printer.  So instructions 1)print one off, 2)take some colouring pencils or pens and you're away! 

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Christmas Rose Patchwork

Christmas Rose Patchwork by The Mandala Group 2016

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While this year's mandala maybe unusual as it doesn't include an outside circle edge(although if a stickler; one can be imagined outside the edge of the square),
it encapsulates the spirit of the mandala as it includes the kaleidoscopic effect as you gaze on its centre, it definitely has the movement quality, which I think is more important than the circle.
 The focal point in the centre is an embroidered Christmas Rose/hellabore and the tiles around the outside contain various animals and birds, as we were trying to be ambitious this year! The snowflakes around the central tile add to the momentum of the movement in the kaleidoscope.


This year's seasonal mandala is by Mandala Group members - Cathy, FizzBW, Jenni, JoJo & Shastina.

Angels with inverted colours

Golden Angels

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These golden angels seem to swim, must be their inverted colours!

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Angels with different finishes

More Colourful watercolour Angels

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Here I've made the angels more colourful, using different finishes on my computer.

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Angels in watercolour

Ten Angels from sometime ago

Watercolours and  angels, what more could anyone want?

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Watercolour washes

Wishy-washy mandala from sometime ago

Here's one I made earlier, to borrow a well known phrase!


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Chirpie Robins



Chirpie Robins, a Mandala by The Mandala Group 2016

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One to celebrate our little bird so often used as an emblem of Christmas - the Christmas Robin. Hear them singing, tweeting and chirping all winter long. This year's piece is also a mixed media party!

This year's seasonal mandala is by Mandala Group members - Cathy, Jenni, JoJo & Shastina.



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Winter is on its way!

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It's been a while since I posted anything, so here's a wintry themed mandala... The central section reminds me of icy, snowy shapes on the window panes, like those I saw last winter, plus an all important bit of colour to liven things up.
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Winter Mandala 1 2015, by Shastina only

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Could it be a butterfly?

 

Butterfly Mandala 2015

 

 

Q: Could it be a butterfly?

A: I'll leave you to decide!

 

 

 

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Time to Share Some I Made Earlier

 Spoons Among Stars 1

 Spoons Among Stars 2

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Two views of the same mandala, one blurred & one with colours. These are from a while ago;it's time to share.

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Soaring up into the Stars

Hot Air Balloons Mandala by Shastina 2015
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Let these balloons whisk you away and then you'll be soaring up, up, up into the world of make believe skies, good wishes and light filled dreams. You might even catch a star on your way down to earth again. Enjoy the journey.

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Paper Fans 1

Springtime Fans as a Snapshot of an Energetic Journey by Shastina 2015

These pink fans look to me like they are revolving around a central energy force. As the light flows from the central flower and shines from the green stars, it beams onto the other shapes forming the centre of the energetic journey and causing them, including the fans to revolve.  Everything is to be held like this for a moment, a snapshot of an energetic journey.  Yet even in its still state, you can see the way it all looks when revolving.  

As the fans resemble ones you could make by concertina folding paper and then, spreading one end of it out to create a fan shape. I thought that paper fans would be the name I'd use for this collection of mandalas. This is the first of the collection.

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Experiments in spirals

Experiment with Spirals: a collage, by Shastina only 2015.

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