Ribbons & Roses

Ribbons & Roses, Copyright Shastina of The Mandala Group 2012

A mandala made with more found objects; this time by using rosy petals and gold curling ribbons, all put together on a place mat.

Spring & Summery Mandala

A Mandala for Spring Days and Summery Ways, Copyright Anna and Shastina, The Mandala Group, 2006


A good friend Anna, helped me with this mandala. She beautifully created Summery Ways and I was responsible for the Spring Days part. It was made in segments and then placed together. 

A recipe

My uncle once commented that mandalas look like pizzas, so here's a recipe for a mandala

Ingredients:
1 circle drawn on paper
selection of colouring pens
100 beautiful thoughts
A collection of coloured papers to use as a mount, save for later

Method:
Using a chosen colour scheme, select the colours you want to use from the colouring pens.
Add colour to the circle, working from the centre.
Then sprinkle liberally with beautiful thoughts.
Cut out the circle and your mandala is finished.
Serve with a coloured mount.

Enjoy!

Found Objects with Skeleton Leaves

Found Objects One, Copyright Shastina only, The Mandala Group 2009

 A Mandala made by hand, by gathering a collection of found objects; skeleton leaves, blue and green glass pieces and little pink flowers were used. The pieces were assembled and then photographed.