Embroidered Mandalas
Embroidery, beadwork, photography, and video. Since 2016

We all need reminders of the bigger truths that underpin our daily effort because the odds can seem stacked against us sometimes and the effort can feel futile. The text on the mandalas are personal sayings that help to integrate the paradox of our lives: we must foster an optimistic attitude while we also need to accept great change and loss.
The phrases "The Universe Provides" and "Reabsorbed by the Universe" are beaded within the embroidery, turning the mandalas into linguistic as well as visual meditations on the bounty and balance of the universe.

The Universe Provides, 10 x 10 inches, hand embroidery and beadwork with glass and semiprecious stones on linen, Magda Wojtyra 2017

Reabsorbed by the Universe, 7 x 7 inches, hand embroidery and beadwork with pearls, and glass and semiprecious stones on linen, 2016
Creative Process and Work-in-Progress

Circular paper grid for a new embroidered mandala.
A tray with a selection of beads and embroidery thread form an unedited palette of materials in the first stage of creating a new mandala. Curious where this leads to? Check out the mandala project page .
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