Several years ago Heather did an art project for church that I helped with. It is two large mandala. This is a representation of the cycle of life. Heather came up with the basic concept, did pencil drawings and sewed about half the panels. Other folk at church did the other panels. I and another guy built the wooden frames. Each frame is three feet by three feet creating a nine by nine square. With the two sides there are 18 frame and panels.
The left mandala.
The right mandala.
These two displays were rehung for the month of September.
Andrew's View of the Week 
Lovely n would look good at anywhere
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It’s big, so would need a big room to hang it up.
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Nice.
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It’s a good one.
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Awesome idea. Makes me want to paint on glass. 🙂
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I’ve not painted on glass, that could be fun.
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I know me neither… but those panels reminded me of stained glass. I might try it with some thrift store finds.
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Do try it and post the results.
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Have you ever seen the Buddhist ones which are patterns rather than pictures? Every year they make one with coloured sand, but so far, they haven’t managed to put it up on the wall like yours!
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I’ve seen pictures of those. When Heather was researching this project she went to the library and checked out a number of books on mandalas. She decided on a pictorial mandala as it told the story she wanted to tell.
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They are lovely!
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Thank!
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Wow, they really brighten up the space.
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They do. It can be a dark space, so adding color is always part of our goal.
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These are gorgeous, Andrew.
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Thanks!
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At first glance I thought they were stained glass windows. Remarkable work! The church should leave them right where they are.
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It’s rare that we repeat a hanging, so we’re grateful that they decided to display these again.
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That is amazing. What a talent has your wife.
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She is a talented and creative artist.
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These are beautiful, Andrew – well done to you both and great they are out on display again. What’s normally hanging in this space as these look so perfect there?
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There is nothing that normally hangs there. Several times a year a new art installation is done. We’ve have a number of different hangings up there over the years. We have a visuals team who work with our pastor to create new things to coordinate with the pastor’s sermon series.
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Those are so beautiful, You and Heather are so talented…
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This was mostly Heather’s concept – I just provided some of the engineering.
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Beautiful
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beautiful!
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Thanks!
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These are really lovely! They transform the space, bringing the eye down to the human, while simultaneously up toward the celestial. And they function asthetically as windows.
Your church sure doesn’t fool around when it comes to making things! I wonder what else it could make? I bet if you put your minds to it, you could make just about anything.
Hmm…
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we do have a very creative bunch of people in our church.
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