Mandala CCXXI

Mandala CCXXI. 2025. Custom framed: 27" x 27".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Most of these objects were collected by the client.  Objects include:  A child's device to learn to tell time; round, wooden numbers from 1 to 36; short, colored pencils; cookie cutters; dominoes; toy whistles; letters A to H; miniature pinball toys; rubber stamps; toy car wheels; Mallo Cup tokens; owl-eyed paper clips; game pieces; wheat pennies; 12" rulers; keys; tiny, toy airplanes; assorted buttons and beads.

In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit:  http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2025/02/school-days-commissioned-mandala.html
 

Mandala CCXXI

(Above:  Mandala CCXX.  Custom framed:  16" x 16".  Found objects hand-stitched to a block of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A brioche mold on a decorate china dish with an antique button; green and purple toddle snack lids; rabies tags; blue toy men on horses; brass screw eyes; pull tabs from cans; four fabric swimming men; assorted beads and buttons.)

Available. $225 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2025/02/mandala-ccxx.html

 

Mandala CCXIX

Mandala CCXIX. 2025. Custom framed:  27 3/8" x 27 3/8".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A decorative plate onto which a muffin tin and gold button are stitched; out-of-date rabies pet tags; golf tees; metal washers; beer caps; eight, model train cars; aluminum coasters on which coffee K-pods are stitched; toy car wheels; wooden blocks; thread spools on which anonymous photos are collaged; folding travel scissors; vintage fabric yoyos; pale orange Gatorade lids; large blue plastic lids on which are stitched circles of crochet with vintage poker chips; and assorted buttons and beads.

Available. $650 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2025/01/mandala-ccxix.html

 

Mandala CCXVIII

Mandala CCXVIII. 2025. Custom framed:  33 1/4" x 33 1/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A metal clock face; black curtain hangers; a trivet; a biscuit cutter; red, plastic lids; buttons and beads; and all eighty-eight keys from my former piano in their correct order.

Available. $900 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2025/01/mandala-ccxviii.html

 

Mandala CXVII

Mandala CCXVII.  2025. Custom framed:  20 1/4" x 20 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of vintage curtains layered on felt and linen.  Objects include: A star-shaped cookie cutter; lids from toddler food pouches; caps from small bottles of pinot grigio Barefoot wine; blue, daisy-shaped and red, heart-shaped, out-of-date rabies pet tags; pale orange Gatorade lids; round, unmarked vintage poker chips; black, plastic devices of unknown function; and assorted buttons and beads.

Available. $395 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2025/01/mandala-ccxvii.html

 

Mandala CCXVI

Mandala CCXVI.  2024. Custom framed: 32" x 32".  Found objects hand-stitching to a section of an antique quilt. Objects include: An antique photo on a round metal base mounted on a wooden plate under which are nine, white, wooden checkers; clear plastic candle holders; beer caps; large metal washers; brass military uniform eagles; ViewMaster reels; laminated Hav-a-Tampa cigar labels; Mardi Gras doubloons; green, vintage cocktail forks; toy airplanes; green Monopoly hotels; vintage chiffon yoyos; assorted beads and buttons

Available. $900 at the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC.  (828) 253-7651

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/12/mandala-ccxvi.html

 

Mandala CCXV

Mandala CCXV. 2024. 23 1/4" x 23 1/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of an antique quilt. Objects include: A tintype in an embossed, gold foil spandrel stitched to half of an ambrotype case; a decorative porcelain plate; dominoes; silver paper binders; laminated, 1950s paper doll clothes; four "spinners"; vintage $25 farm store tokens; souvenir spoons; gold plastic thread spools on which anonymous photos were collaged; assorted beads and buttons.

Available. $475 at the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC.  (828) 253-7651

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/12/mandala-ccxv.html
 

Mandala CCXIV

Mandala CCXIV. 2024. Custom framed: 20" x 20". Found Objects hand-stitched to the backside of a vintage quilt.  Objects include: A tan, crochet-edged doily; a pair of old Wiss shears; two, gold metal pieces that might have come from a curtain stay with were fitted with antique button centers; an escutcheon; a piece of decorative metal; black toy car wheels; large, metal washers; natural wood toy car wheels; two, two-part buckles; assorted beads and buttons

Available. $375 at the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC.  (828) 253-7651

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/12/mandala-ccxiv.html
 

Mandala CCXIII

Mandala CCXIII. 2024. Custom framed: 32 1/4" x 32 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Found objects include: Model train cars; decorative wooden plate with a lion shaped belt buckle; coffee K-pods; dominoes; pastry molds; hinges; Tinkertoy connectors; hair clips; gold belt buckles; vintage poker chips; 1970 UAW pins; green Monopoly houses; and assorted buttons and beads.

Available at Spiralis Gallery, 35 Dover Street, Easton, MD and by contacting the director/curator Gail Patterson at 908.625.8704.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/12/mandala-ccxiii.html
 

Mandala CCXII

Mandala CCXII. Custom framed:  32 3/4" x 32 3/4" when hung as a square; 46 1/4" x 46 1/4" when hung as shown as a diamond.  Found chandelier parts, vintage poker chips, copper pipe straps, and assorted beads and buttons stitched to a section of a white blanket.

In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-commissioned-found-object-mandala.html

Mandala CCXI

Mandala CCXI.  2024. Custom framed:  40" x 40".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: Parts of two antique lamps; wooden textile mill perns/spindles; toy car wheels; keys; blocks cut in half;  wooden, decorative bird ornaments; brown coasters; bright blue coffee K-pods; Mardi Gras doubloons; prisms; and assorted buttons and beads.

 Available. $900 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/11/mandala-ccxi.html

 

Mandala CCX

 

Mandala CCX. Custom framed: 21 1/4" x 21 1/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  Part of a lamp; poker chips; two teams of foosball figures; toy car wheels; sun-shaped parts of napkin rings; prisms; vintage electrical capacitors; four rotors from toy helicopters; keys; beer caps; expired medical devices in clear/green plastic containers; bright yellow electrical wire end connectors; red, plastic circles from a beer yoke; assorted buttons.

In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/11/mandala-ccx.html

 

Mandala CCIX

Mandala CCIX.  2024. Custom framed:  19 3/4" x 19 3/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A vintage typewriter ribbon tin on a silver belt buckle; corn cob holders; emery-filled sewing strawberries; prisms; Iwo Jima collector coins honoring US veterans; aluminum circles with numbers; small bicycle wrenches; sewing machine bobbins; yellow poker chips; copper-colored aluminum can tabs; assorted buttons and beads

Available at Spiralis Gallery, 35 Dover Street, Easton, MD and by contacting the director/curator Gail Patterson at 908.625.8704.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/10/mandala-ccix.html

 

Mandala CCVIII

Mandala CCVIII. 2024. Custom framed:  19 1/2" x 19 1/2".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  Toy Disney characters; twelve, yellow rubber ducks; vintage yogurt and homogenized milk cardboard lid discs; cafe curtain hangers; a Tropicana orange juice lid; four, aluminum hair curl clips; lime green can tabs; assorted buttons and beads.

Available at Spiralis Gallery, 35 Dover Street, Easton, MD and by contacting the director/curator Gail Patterson at 908.625.8704.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/10/mandala-ccviii-and-off-to-venice.html

 

Mandala CCVII

Mandala CCVII.  2024. Custom framed: 22 3/4" x 22 3/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A glass floral frog; old-fashioned wooden clothespins; a complete set of thirty Kenmore sewing machine discs for various stitch patterns; four drawer pulls; child's scissors; red and blue plastic lids; keys; vintage Mallo cup candy redeeming cards; beads on long needle-like parts of prostate radioactive seed implant devices; assorted beads and buttons.

Available. $425 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842. 

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/10/after-hurricane-helene.html

 

Mandala CCVI

Mandala CCVI.  2024. Custom framed: 20 1/4" x 20 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a block of a vintage quilt.  Objects include: A woven top to a small container; club and spade shaped cookie cutters; doll arms; Tinker Toy connectors; two sets of ornate door hinges; four sets of vintage belt fasteners; coffee K-pods; UAW buttons from 1970; orange, plastic lids; assorted buttons and beads.

Available. $400 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842. 

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/10/after-hurricane-helene.html

 

Mandala CCV

Mandala CCV. Custom framed: 15" x 15".  Found objects hand-stitched to a block of a vintage quilt. Objects include:  An espresso candy tin lid; vintage cheese pokers; silver paper binders; peace sign charms; yellow and orange sock organizers [obviously a silly made-in-China thing that probably came from a dollar store]; jumbo African coconut shell heishi beads; four clear epoxy leaf shapes made from a candy mold; assorted buttons and beads.

Available. $195 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842. 

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/10/after-hurricane-helene.html

 

Mandala CCIV

Mandala CCIV.  2024. Custom framed:  21" x 21".  Found objects hand-stitched to a block of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A stone heart on a ViewMaster reel; cardboard CocaCola slammer caps; shower curtain rings; salt and pepper shaker lids; pointed ellipse and diamond shaped beads; other beads and assorted buttons.

Available. $400 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842. 

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/09/several-new-pieces.html

 

Mandala CCIII

Mandala CCIII. 2024. Custom framed: 25 3/4" x 25 3/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A decorate "lighthouse" plate; wooden blocks; a round knitting loom; dominoes; Teamster buttons; glass prisms; coffee K-pods; squirt guns; pre-school plastic fish for some sort of math game; and assorted buttons.

In a private collection. 

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/09/several-new-pieces.html

 

Mandala CCII

Mandala CCII.  2024. Custom framed: 21 1/2" x 21 1/2".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include: A set of Planter's Peanuts aluminum dishes; copper-colored coffee K-pods; gold and copper Mardi Gras doubloons; tan and brown, plastic game pieces/toys in the shape of elephants with warriors riding them; off-white hors d'oeuvre forks; Tinker toy connectors; small medical scissors; dice; Blonde Ale bottle caps; and assorted beads and buttons.

Available. $450 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842. 

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/09/several-new-pieces.html