Mandala from cactus photographed with a kaleidoscope filter
One of my favorite things to photograph with the kaleidoscope filter are cactus because the spines arrange themselves nicely into elaborate mandalas.
In the Studio
Blue and white mandala embroidery in progress
The photographs show work in progress on a monochromatic blue embroidery on white linen mandala. This embroidery is destined to be pressed into clay to make a relief pattern for glazes to pool and reveal the slight indentations left by the embroidered pattern. Ceramics are a new medium to both me and Marc and it will be a while before that work is ready to merge with the embroidery. For now, the work proceeds in … >> read more
Paper grid in the round pattern for an embroidered mandala
In one of the early stages of embroidering a mandala I print out a paper pattern to regulate the stitches, sometimes just a plain grid-in-the-round like this one. This mandala is 34.5 cm in diameter (about 13 inches) and the grid had to be printed in pieces that here are joined with fun neon pink tape. In the next stage this pattern will be stitched to the fabric stretched on an embroidery hoop. See more … >> read more
Pastel beads and white linen landscape
This pretty, surreal landscape emerged when beads that were collected in a color palette for an embroidery project spilled out onto white linen that was stretched in another embroidery hoop. The hoop was under a strong studio light and the little beads cast dramatic shadows, creating an open landscape. The beads are collected from all over the world and include yellow glass, yellow jade, green jade, pale blue chalcedony, rose quartz, turquoise cylinders, and seedbeads … >> read more
An evening peek into the art studio, Tepoztlan, Mexico
An art studio work table is covered in beads and materials for the mandala project.
Nasty Woman Valentines email graphics or print and fold
Do you know a nasty woman who deserves a trophy? How about a Kali spirit on a war path in the name of love? Free print and fold Valentines.
“What Does It Mean to Love Somebody?” poster in the shop
By popular demand, the image “What does it mean to love someone?” is now available as a print in our shop in an open edition. Choose a small or medium size archival print and have it delivered to your door. Standard shipping is included in the price. This drawing is part of Marc’s ongoing project to visualize A Thousand Plateas, a book of French philosophy by Giles Deleuze and Felix Gauttari.
Heading to work in Future Parfait
Fur suit, fur helmet, and air bike ready on the terrace of a cliff residence. An early sketch from Marc in the Lodar storyline.
Embroidered mandalas from kaleidoscope photography of snippets of stiches
In the studio last week we photographed an embroidered mandala with a kaleidoscope filter for a completely new arrangement of stitches.
Blue-green mandala photography: embroidery thread, pearls, and beads
These photos are studies for the mandala project.
Beaded and embroidered mandalas inspired by a kaleidoscope photo of a hairbrush
The mandalas were inspired by a kaleidoscopic filter on a cellphone camera app that turns any view into a radiating, swirling pattern. The very first mandala, photo above, was a photograph of a hairbrush. The brush had black tines tipped with pink plastic, on a pad of charcoal grey rubber. The resulting photo looked like the black tines could be embroidery stitches and the little pink tips could be seedbeads, all embroidered on a dark … >> read more
Metallic textile gateways photos
These photos were made in June 2016 and they are early experiments in the mandalas project. The original images are below. This is what the camera actually saw while the filter was being applied for the above images.