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Mandala Exploration in the First 50+ Days

16 Tuesday Apr 2024

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in 100 Day Project, Art

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100 Day Project, block print, block printing, blue block prints, handcarved blocks, handcarved stamps, Mandala, sacred geometry, Torus Mandala, Zentangle Inspired Art

Here is a selection of prints from the first 57 days of my 100 day project this year. I am exploring different mandalas. I started this exploration before the 100 day project started but I am really getting into it. I am having so much fun playing with block variations and enhancements.

I am specifically playing with torus mandalas and seed of life mandalas that are the basis for a lot of sacred geometry. The vesica piscis shape (the central overlapping portion of 2 circles – think ven diagram) that is created by the intersection of 2 seed of life mandalas provided an interesting design challenge. I also merged 2 seed of life mandalas without creating this shape in the blue print in the upper left corner.

You can see that I could not avoid my studio assistant. Apparently she really likes these prints. Her name is Soho. The upper left and middle photos have some prints that are only the vesica piscis portions of the seed of life overlapping block sets.

I’m going to create another set of blocks that are in between the big mandalas (4 inch radius of central circle) and small mandalas (2 inch radius of the central circle). And I hope to start printing on fabric.

My 100 Day Project for 2024 February

02 Saturday Mar 2024

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all the colors, block print, block printing, block prints, colorful, Colorful art, full spectrum, handcarved blocks, handcarved stamps, Mandala, mandalas, primary colors, rainbow colors, secondary colors, Torus Mandala, Zentangle Inspired Art

I am continuing my exploration of block printing for my 100 day project. I have been so excited about exploring torus mandalas and now I’m playing with the seed of life mandala.

Torus Mandalas and Color Schemes

06 Tuesday Feb 2024

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Art, block print, block prints, blue art, blue block prints, blue botanical prints, botanical prints, handcarved blocks, handcarved stamps, Mandala, meditation, tessellated block print, Torus Mandala, Versafine Clair Ink

I have continued my pattern play and have carved a variety of blocks to use in small and large torus mandalas. I have been having a lot of fun on Instagram following along with the Printer Solstice challenge hosted by Susana McDonnell. She provides a color combination prompt and I use various combinations of blocks and colors to create examples of the color scheme. Here I have posted some of my monochrome blue mandalas and some analogous yellow, green, blue mandalas. These are my favorite colors schemes if I have to pick, but I am enjoying all of the interesting combinations!

I am slowing uploading them to my Etsy shop as digital downloads for an extremely reasonable price. The larger mandalas are about 18 inches in diameter and the smaller ones are about 9 inches in diameter, but you can print them whatever size you want!

Big blue torus mandala

Yellow dahlia large torus mandala in analogous colors, yellow, green, blue. My followers on Instagram appreciated the photos with the blocks laid out to help see how these are constructed.

I have quite a few more printed but printing is a lot more fun that photographing and posting them. I hope you will check back in my Etsy shop to see if some new combinations of blocks and colors are available!

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