the Universe Provides

Textile art and installation about bounty and balance. Since 2016

Embroidered mandala detail with blue, coral, and purple beads arranged in precisely organized rows.

Embroidered Mandalas

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. See more

Mandala Installations

Mandalas made of natural materials and mandala installations in the landscape. See more

Kaleidoscope Mandala Photography and Video

Kaleidoscope photography of various subjects to generate still and video images. See more

The Universe in a Flower - Mandalas in Nature

Photographs of flowers and circular natural designs and phenomena that show the many naturally existing mandala patterns. See more

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verdaciousarts

A tiny chestnut still in its protective armor.
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Oct 1

Open

A tiny chestnut still in its protective armor.

Thank you to @pjchmiel for purveyorship.

#castaneapumila
#nativedwarfchestnut
#nativechestnut
#edible #verdaciousarts #mandalainstallation

verdaciousarts

Today, 30 September 2022, is the first ...

Oct 1

Open

Today, 30 September 2022, is the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
in Canada.

#truthandreconciliation
#everychildmatters

This mandala features nuts and fruit all native to north eastern North America and is possible through the work and generosity of @pjchmiel. A visit earlier this week to his food forest near Kalamazoo, Michigan, yielded a bounty of nuts and seeds that are primarily destined to be grown out and next summer distributed as seedlings to gardens and community projects throughout Windsor and Essex County, Ontario, Canada.

The hazelnut is very close to my Polish heart. It is, or at least used to be, so ubiquitous in the Polish landscape and diet that in the Polish language it is the nut simply called "nut" ("orzech") and all other nuts are differentiated in their naming. This is also true of most North American native people who also call them simply "nut" in their respective languages, such as the Ojibway and also Anishinaabe word "bagaan".

Destruction of native eco-systems and species is as purposeful and fundamental a keystone of colonization as the destruction of native people, language, and culture. That these are seeds of plants that are native to here helps me to manage feelings of belonging and identity that I have struggled with my whole life.

These seeds lend a sense of continuity, anchored in the length of the very evolution of these plants and into the future.

#Americanplum #Prunusamericana
#nativeamericanhazelnut #Hazelnut #Corylusamericana
#Americanchestnut #Castaneadentata
#nativedwarfchestnut #castaneapumila
#nativechestnut
#Inlandseaoatgrass #Chasmanthiumlatifolium
#nativehazelnut
#nativechestnut
#nativeacorn

#verdaciousarts
#mandalaart
#mandalainstallation

verdaciousarts

Inland sea oat grass, American plum, and ...

Oct 1

Open

Inland sea oat grass, American plum, and chinquapin dwarf chestnut.

Plant art grown by @pjchmiel

#Americanplum #Prunusamericana
#Castaneapumila
#nativedwarfchestnut
#nativechestnut
#Inlandseaoatgrass #Chasmanthiumlatifolium
#verdaciousarts #mandalainstallation

artofmagda

The current state of garden splendour is rather ...

Jul 20

Open

The current state of garden splendour is rather unphotographable. It smells so good (like the bronze fennel that self seeded everywhere), there is so much food everywhere, and color palettes slide from one to the next, every angle is different. And almost no weeding, no watering. No till magic.
#notill
#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides
#verdaciousarts
#edibleart
#ediblelandscape
#shiso
#bronzefennel
#companionplanting
#summergarden
#blueandbrown
#blueandorange

verdaciousarts

So much to feel.

...

Jul 7

Open

So much to feel.

#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides

#nofilter
#plantphotography
#smutek
#monstera
#limepothos

verdaciousarts

There is always so much to feel.

...

Jul 7

Open

There is always so much to feel.

#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides
#begonia

verdaciousarts

Feel and do, feel and do.
Must not turn away ...

Jul 7

Open

Feel and do, feel and do.
Must not turn away from the intensity of the splendour of incarnation.

#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides

#scindapsuspictus and #epipremnumaureum #snowqueenpothos

verdaciousarts

#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides #verdaciousarts ...

Jul 1

Open

verdaciousarts

The most thrilling color in the garden right now. ...

Jul 1

Open

The most thrilling color in the garden right now.

#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides #verdaciousarts #mandalainstallation #flowermandala #clover #dianthus #pinkcampion

the Universe Provides

Textile art and installation about bounty and balance. Since 2016

Embroidered Mandalas

Mandala Installations

Kaleidoscope Mandala Photography and Video

The Universe in a Flower - Mandalas in Nature

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