the Universe Provides
Textile art and installation about bounty and balance. Since 2016
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
Mandalas made of natural materials and mandala installations in the landscape. See more
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Coffee with cream frozen eye lens.
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#sculpture
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#art
#workingartist
#canadianart
#crying
#trauma
#grief
#winter
#mandalainstallation
#welcomethestrange_r
Dec 27

Photographing work in progress and yes LED ring lights do make very good plant grow lights when strong enough.
#embroideredmandalas
#cottononlinen
#kaleidoscope
#gridintheround
#textileart
Dec 21

Fresh new embroidery set-up, nutmeg colored linen backed by natural colour linen placed at a 45° for stability and strength. The paper "grid" is printed and ready to stitch on.
#whereitstarted
#linen
#embroideredmandalas
#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides
Dec 16

Eye sculpture components from #goodwill including some very old plastic that stood unused and unscratched for apparently decades. Cheesy gold glass bowl? Perfect for a "hazel eye". Next: drilling into glass and testing glues.
#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides #inthestudio #vintage #art #workinprogress #behindthelacrimarium
Dec 13

"Everything has a front and a back. The bigger the front, the bigger the back."
- traditional Chinese medicine precept
Front and back of current embroidery in progress as a component for an upcoming eye sculpture.
#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides #embroideredmandalas #inthestudio #dmcembroidery #orderandchaos
Dec 12

#embroidery
#nearfar
#iris
#workinprogress
#finecraft
#kaleidoscope
#embroideredmandalas
#purple
#focus
Dec 7

Cataloguing some treasures in their before states.
#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides
#driftwood
#root
#wip
#inthestudio
#artistlife
Mar 30

Cataloguing some treasures in their before states.
#reabsorbedbytheuniverseprovides
#driftwood
#root
#wip
#inthestudio
#artistlife
Mar 30
