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How to make Flower Mandalas
Happy Friday. Why not Make Flower Mandala this weekend?
Mandalas are bloomingeverywhere:coloring books,coloring apps, tear sheets in
magazines and as a part of the doodle-craze.
My, go-tomandala, is the Flower Mandala (or Flower Portraits). As the
weekend kicks off, I’d like to invite you to make Flower Mandala, too.
(In fact,join me and others.Last night, I
had the opportunity to join a flower workshop with a flower artist I admire. I
invited you to just us, too)
Since I’m using the term, Mandala, as an invitation to create, I wanted to
look up an official meaning which calls a Mandala is a spiritual symbol in
Buddhism and Hinduism. Mandala literally means circle and has magical
qualities that are intrinsic to it — no beginning and no end.
– The most typical model mandala form is a square with four gates containing
a circle with a central point. Mandala often has anouter circle. – This
basic form can be found in many ancient mandalas but there are endless
variations which all include flow.
Materials:
– Flowers, petals or leaves
– Flat work surface
How:
– You can adhere to the most traditional format, as described above
or
– Follow the flow of the petals and leaves:
I’m so infatuated with flowers and foliages that we always have a
sprig or vase of something, somewhere in our house. (I’m often eying
inanimate objects and animating them.(here|here| hereas example.)
When clearing away dinner plates, my children will have many memories
of their mother distracted by the dinner petals that have fallen to
find their mother quickly arranging these in patterns or faces. As
amom, my interest have spilled over in to our kitchen withMandala Vegetable,Fruit and Candy Mandala, too.
Last night,I attended a Flower Workshop hosted by
Hanna Wendelbo for Mercedes Benzwho’s an absolutely gifted flower artist.It’s been said that her hand has
been in almost every floral wallpaper done over the past decade in Sweden.
I’ve become most aquatinted with Hanna through her beautiful floral mandalas
and floral art that she shares on Instagram (You can find more about the pop
up workshop andHannahere) Take a look at Hanna’s ownMandalas
It was a really fun experience.
Hannawas generous and so warm; making everyone feel easily engaged. She started
out session by explaining that she began making her flower mandalas as a
Mindfullness Monday project. It’s a practice that she does to welcome the
week. Isn’t that a lovely idea?Participating in a Flower Mandala workshop
was a really fun way to meet and to also see different styles and
experiences in the group within the group. Although we all had the same
materials, the outcomes were individual and so very interesting to see; even
the pace with which each of us worked varied. You can find many moreflower projects here.
Working with flowers is so forgiving. They’re just so relaxing and a
wonderful wayto becreative: solo or together — or to create a center for
mindfulness.
If you make aFlower Mandala,I’d love to see it andInstagramorFacebook. Use the
tag #willowdayflower to share.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
I’d love to see what you do, too! Share with me onInstagram:
Facebook,Pinterest. Use the#willowdayproject tag for others to enjoy your work, as well!
