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 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/2024/12/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. $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/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. $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/2024/12/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.

Available at Spiralis Gallery, 5 North Harrison 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/2024/11/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, 5 North Harrison 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, 5 North Harrison 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

 

Mandala CCI

Mandala CCI.  2024. Custom framed:  22" x 22".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A brioche mold inside a yellow lid on a ViewMaster reel; green casino chips; goldware soup spoons; blue syringe plungers; yellow discs from a cookie press; oblong brioche molds; wooden, bird-shaped ornaments; furniture handles; shower curtain hooks; assorted beads and buttons.

Available at Spiralis Gallery, 5 North Harrison 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/2024/09/several-new-pieces.html

Mandala CC

Mandala CC.  2024. Custom framed: 22" x 22". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A decorative, porcelain dish; PEZ dispensers; dominoes; small, colorful plastic spoons; children's scissors; coffee K-pods; jingle bells; electrical wire end connectors; empty, plastic thread spools; green, blue, and red plastic lids; and assorted beads and buttons.

Available at Spiralis Gallery, 5 North Harrison 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/2024/09/mandala-cc-as-in-two-hundred.html

 

Mandala CXCIX

Mandala CXCIX.  Custom-framed: 29" x 29".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage hexie quilt.  Objects include:  A straw trivet; bluish-green binders; little, neon yellow plastic spoons; beer bottle caps; a collection of vintage/antique bottle openers; green golf tees with the word Hawai'i; four colorful, wooden bird ornaments; 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/2024/08/yet-another-busy-week.html

Mandala CXCVIII

Mandala CXCVIII.  2024. Custom framed:  15" x 15".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a utilitarian, wood quilt.  Objects include: A silver belt buckle on which a sun shaped disc was stitched; tear-drop glass lamp prisms; red paper clips; plastic snowflakes from a string of old Christmas lights; external toothed lock washers; red Monopoly hotels; red and white plastic lids; wooden toy wheels; and assorted buttons and beads.

Available at Spiralis Gallery, 5 North Harrison 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/2024/08/yet-another-busy-week.html

 

Mandala CXCVII

Mandala CXCVII.  2024. Custom-framed:  22" x 22".  Found objects hand-stitched to the reverse of a vintage quilt. Objects include:  Twelve, little rubber ducks; UAW buttons from 1970; a gold plastic lid with a coffee K-pod; orange insulin syringe caps; four child's scissors; vintage poker chips; corn-on-the-cob holders; orange toy men on horses; copper colored can tabs; orange, plastic lids; copper-colored Mardi Gras doubloons; Scrabble tiles; yellow beer can yokes; binder rings; and assorted buttons and beads.

Available. $500 plus SC sales tax and shipping at Main & Maxwell in Greenwood, SC. (864) 223-6229

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/08/another-busy-week.html

 

Mandala CXCVI

Found Object Mandala CXCVI.  2024. Custom framed:  22 1/2" x 22 1/2" when hung as a square; 31 1/2" x 31 1/2" when hung as a diamond.  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A metal clock spring; old-fashioned, wooden clothespins; wooden wheels for a toy; plastic protractors; belt buckles; turtle shaped trivets; wooden mahjong tiles; cafe curtain rings; red dice; Tinker Toy connectors; Monopoly hotels; assorted buttons and beads.

Available. $475 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/2024/08/a-very-busy-week.html