In a private collection.
For more information and additional images: https://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/06/mandala-cclxxxiii-clock-on-game-board.html
This is a blog documenting the found object mandalas hand-stitched by Susan Lenz. The series was started in August 2020. The series debuted in the 2021 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and was accepted into the 2022 Smithsonian Craft Show. It returned to Philadelphia in 2022. Since then, the series was picked up for representation at the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC and Spiralis Gallery in Easton, MD.
In a private collection.
For more information and additional images: https://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/06/mandala-cclxxxiii-clock-on-game-board.html
Mandala CCLXXXII, Sewing Pattern Figures. 2026. Custom framed: 26" x 26". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A yellow child's 45 record on which sits a porcelain plate, a blue, aluminum ashtray, a yellow lid, and a large, pink shank button; more than thirty figures cut and laminated from the front of vintage sewing patterns; four decorative coasters; yellow hair curlers; orange rabies pet tags; bottle caps; souvenir spoons; plastic crystals from an old bracelet; assorted buttons and beads.
In a private collection.
For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/06/mandala-cclxxxii-sewing-pattern-figures.htmlMandala CCLXXXI, The Red Rooster. 2026. Custom framed: 31 1/2" x 31 1/2". Found objects hand-stitched to the section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A red rooster trivet; red, plastic forks; small orange-red checkers on large, metal washers; ViewMaster reels; discs for decorative patterns on a vintage sewing machine; drawer handles; four, red aluminum "Smokey the Bear" ashtrays; Kodachrome slides; toddler snack lids; Grizzly chewing tobacco lids (upside down); keys; vintage pilot pins; white plastic lids; heart-shaped rabies pet tags; assorted buttons and beads.
Available for $900 plus sales tax and shipping at Chaos Contemporary Craft Gallery in downtown, Columbus, Ohio. (614) 285-7629.
For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/06/mandala-cclxxxi-red-rooster.html
Mandala CCLXXX, The Magnetic Dart Board. 2026. Custom framed: 27" x 27". Magnetic dart board and other found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Other objects include: Toy car wheels, keys, assorted bottle caps, blue plastic in the shape of a small tube, 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: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/05/mandala-cclxxx-dart-board.htmlMandala CCLXXIX, Children on a Porcelain Plate. 2026. Custom framed: 39 3/8" x 39 3/8". Found objects hand-stitched to an antique quilt. Objects included: A porcelain plate; copper rabies pet tags; paint brushes; dominoes; prisms; ViewMaster reels with vintage poker chips; beer bottle caps; crochet circles from an old tablecloth; drawer pulls; assorted buttons and beads.
Available $1500 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.
For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/05/mandala-cclxxix-children-on-porcelain.html
Mandala CCLXXVIII, Thomas the Tank Engine. 2026. Custom framed: 25 3/4" x 25 3/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A wooden plate on which is stitched assorted beer bottle caps and the copper top of a cookie press; assorted cookie press discs; felt hammers for a piano; green lids with red rabies pet tags; eight, gold iced tea spoons; metal clips; blue lids; copper beverage can tabs; four, small Thomas the Tank Engines; assorted buttons and beads.
Available $600 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.
For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/05/mandala-cclxxviii-thomas-tank-engine.html
Mandala CCLXXVII, Andy Warhol. 2026. Custom framed: 30 1/4" x 30 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A yellow children's 45 record on which the face for a clock and a red button is stitched; plastic four-leaf clover lucky coins; miniature dominoes; blue plastic scissors for cutting decorative edges; ViewMaster reels; clamping scissors; cocktail forks; gold beverage can tabs; green rabies pet tags; brioche molds; red and green plastic lids; four Andy Warhol dishes; assorted buttons and beads.
Available for $700 plus sales tax and shipping at Chaos Contemporary Craft Gallery in downtown, Columbus, Ohio. (614) 285-7629.
For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/05/mandala-cclxxvii-andy-warhol.html
Mandala CCLXXVI, Mini Foosball. 2026. Custom framed: 18 1/4" x 18 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: Miniature foosball figures; navy pea coat buttons; red and blue rabies pet tags on green and orange plastic lids; copper beverage can tabs; souvenir spoons; white toddler snack lids; part of a tea strainer on a yellow lid and a silver-plated dish and another decorative dish; Rosebud Salve lids; yellow plastic figures on horseback; assorted buttons and beads.
Available $350 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.
For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/05/mandala-cclxxvi-mini-foosball.html
Mandala CCLXXV: The Branded Monopoly Commission. 2026. Framed: 30 3/4" x 30 3/4". Laminated Monopoly money, playing cards, and pieces hand-stitched to the game board on top of a vintage quilt with additional objects ... including bottle caps, keys, golf tees, miniature plastic crowns, and assorted buttons and beads.
In a private collection. This was a commission through Chaos Contemporary Crafts in Columbus, OH
For more information and images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/04/mandala-cclxxv-branded-monopoly.html
Mandala CCLXXIV, Wooden Toy Cars and View Master Reels. 2026. Custom framed: 21 1/2" x 21 1/2". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A yellow child's 45 record; a decorative, metal jar lid; a cookie cutter; toddler snack lids; View Master reels; military eagle and strip pins; wooden toy cars; dominoes; bottle cap openers; miniature binder clips; 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: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/03/mandala-cclxxiv-wooden-toy-cars.htmlMandala CCLXXIII, Green Duckies. 2026. Custom framed: 22 1/2" x 22 1/2". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A yellow 45 children's record; bottle caps; green rubber duckies; badminton shuttlecocks; plastic bottle caps; toddler snack tops; blue poker chips; glass prisms; wooden dice with Scrabble lettering; pale pink hair rollers; green plastic containers with yellow lids; hexagonal toy dowel connectors and wing flies; yellow tiddlywinks; assorted buttons and beads.
Available $425 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.
For more information and additional images: https://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/03/mandala-cclxxiii-green-rubber-duckies.html
Mandala CCLXXII, Demitasse Spoons and Dominoes. 2026. Custom framed: 22 1/4" x 22 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A decorate porcelain plate with an upside-down brioche mold and two buttons; black, plastic checkers with dice-like blocks featuring various letter and spelling "Found Objects"; vintage cocktail forks; dominoes; a set of twelve Axel Prips demitasse spoons; gold, plastic four-leaf-clover tokens; white porcelain and metal drawer handles; black lids with faucet handles; assorted beads and buttons.
Available $475 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.
For additional information and detail images, please visit: https://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/03/mandala-cclxxii-demitasse-spoons-and.html
Mandala CCLXXI, The Girl Scouts. 2026. Custom framed: 32" x 32". Assorted Girl Scouts of South Carolina Mountains to Midlands patches and part of a custom tote hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. This was a commissioned artwork.
In a private collection.
For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/02/mandala-cclxxi-girl-scouts.html
Mandala CCLXX. Nickname: Stay Trippy Little Hippie. 2026. Custom framed: 20" x 20". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: Metal sign; assorted rubber duckies; porcelain handled drawer pulls; Tinker Toy connectors; VMI brass buttons; insulin lancets; Mardi Gras doubloons; beer caps; Ford hub cap centers; assorted buttons and beads.
Available at Spiralis Gallery, 35 Dover Street, Easton, Maryland. (908) 625-8704.
Mandala CCLXIX, Nickname: Neon Green Duckies. 2026. Custom framed: 17 3/8" x 17 3/8". Found objects hand stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: Beer caps embedded in resin inside a lid; a souvenir plate; neon green rubber duckies; part of four pairs of neon green plastic sunglasses; blue casino chips; Starbucks coffee stirrers; external tooth lock washers; four, copper coasters; four binder clips; assorted buttons and beads.
Available at Spiralis Gallery, 35 Dover Street, Easton, Maryland. (908) 625-8704.
Mandala CCLXVIII. Nickname: Pink and Pale Green. 2026. Custom framed: 17 1/2" x 17 1/2". Found objects hand-stitched to a scrap of antique, dusty rose curtains. Objects include: Pink glass medallion; plastic cocktail forks; jade handled cocktail forks; beer caps; copper colored can pull tabs; copper colored paperclips; pale green game pieces; green toddle snack tops; flat silver metal embellishments; assorted buttons and beads.
Available $300 plus SC sales tax and shipping. Contact susan@susanlenz.com or (803) 254-0842.
For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/01/mandala-cclxviii-pink-and-pale-green.htmlMandala CCLXVII, (Nicknamed: The Miniature Duckies). 2025. Custom framed: 17 1/2" x 17 1/2". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: Eight miniature rubber duckies and one normal-sized one; a souvenir plate; rabies pet tags; beer bottle caps; yellow telephone plugs; belt buckles; copper U-clamps; yellow Tiddlywinks; assorted buttons and beads.
In a private collection.
Mandala CCLXVI, (Nicknamed: The Ultimate Rubber Duckies). 2025. Custom framed: 20" x 20". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: Rubber duckies; duck profiles cut from a set of shower curtain hooks; wooden honey tasters; copper-colored aluminum can pulls; brass hinges; four antique cardboard lids of chocolate milk jars; a miniature doily; assorted buttons and beads.For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2026/01/mandala-cclxvi-ultimate-rubber-duckies.html
Mandala CCLXV, (Nickname: Wired Face). 2025. Custom framed: 27" x 27". Found objects hand stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A decorative wired face on a souvenir pewter plate which is on a decorative trivet; dominoes; toddler snack tops; car fresheners; Colorado buttons; assorted plastic lids; rubber duckies with black hair/hats; assorted buttons and beads.
Available at Spiralis Gallery, 35 Dover Street, Easton, Maryland. (908) 625-8704.
Mandala CCLXIV (Nicknamed: Green Handled Pruning Shears). 2025. Custom framed: 37 1/2" x 37 1/2". Found objects hand stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A sun shape that was peeled off a decorative plate stitched to a souvenir porcelain; blue perns/spindles wrapped in yellow yarn; dominoes; green handled pruning shears; wooden blocks (cut in half); Mardi Gras doubloons; wooden clothespins; toy drum Christmas ornaments; blue coffee K-pods; fabric figures; assorted plastic lids; toddle snack tops; tins in the shape of card suits; spoons; assorted rubber duckies; a toy train track circle; assorted buttons and beads
Available at Spiralis Gallery, 35 Dover Street, Easton, Maryland. (908) 625-8704.
For more information and additional images: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2025/12/mandala-cclxiv-green-handled-pruning.html