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

 

Mandala CXCV

Found Object Mandala CXCV. 2024. Custom framed:  15 3/4" x 15 3/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A ViewMaster reel; a coffee K-pod; eight racing medals feathering the profile of President JFK; blue toy cannons; brass keys; external toothed lock washers; circles for grommets; wooden wheels for a toy, assorted buttons and beads. 

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/2024/08/a-very-busy-week.html

 

Mandala CXCIV

Mandala CXCIV.  2024. Custom-framed: 15" x 15".  Found objects hand-stitched to a block of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A vintage sanding disc on a gold, plastic lid; a set of eight, wooden-handled appetizer/cocktail forks; blue poker chips; small, metal candy molds; assorted buttons and orange, stone 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/2024/07/mandala-cxciv.html

Mandala CXCIII

Mandala CXCIII. Custom framed: 22 3/8" x 22 3/8".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A outdoor thermometer; assorted PanAm drink swizzler sticks; small binder clips; copper-colored can tabs; vintage poker chips; four pieces of crochet; 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/2024/07/mandala-cxciii.html

 

Mandala CXCII

Mandala CXCII. 2024. Custom-framed:  26" x 26" (hung as a square); 36 1/2" x 36 1/2" (hung as a diamond).  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Found objects include:  A vintage sanding disc on a gold, plastic lid and inside a made-in-China souvenir dish; Teamster buttons dated from 1946 - 82; colorful, wooden bird ornaments; orange men-on-horseback toys; touchless door openers; vintage, silver belt buckles; yellow telephone connectors; bingo pieces; copper-colored Mardi Gras doubloon/coins; empty, gold plastic craft ornaments; assorted buttons and beads.

Available at Spalding Nix Fine Art in Atlanta through their annual Holiday Ensemble Exhibit. 425 Peachtree Hills Ave NE Suite 30A, Atlanta, GA 30305. (404) 841-7777.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/07/mandala-cxcii.html

 

Mandala CXC and CXCI

Mandala CXC.  2024. Custom framed: 19 1/4" x 19 1/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a a section of the lacy wedding gown over the back of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  Rhinestone pendants; a small porcelain dish; a garland of ribbon and artificial white flowers; sea shells; watches; dogwood styled units from a bracelet; round, chandelier crystals; sequins; assorted buttons and beads.

 

Mandala CXCI.  2024. Custom framed: 19 1/4" x 19 1/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a a section of the lacy wedding gown over the back of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  Rhinestone pendants; a small porcelain dish; cordial stems (without their glass inserts ... obviously!); sea shells; keys; binder rings; heart-shaped charms; round chandelier crystals; assorted buttons and beads.

Commissioned.  In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/07/two-commissioned-found-object-mandalas.html

Mandala CLXXXIX

Mandala CLXXXIX.  2024. Custom framed: 32 1/4" x 32 1/4" (hung as a square); 45 1/2" x 45 1/2" (hung as a diamond.  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A glass floral frog; black, plastic clothespins with bird-shaped tops; orange toy archers; silver Mardi Gras doubloons/coins; UAW buttons; brass hinges; bottle caps; gold colored plastic lids with Tinker Toy connectors; assorted buttons and beads.

Available. $1200 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/2024/07/mandala-clxxxix.html

 

Mandala CLXXXVIII

Mandala CLXXXVIII. 2024. Custom framed:  25 1/2" x 25 1/2" (hung as a square); 33" x 33" (hung as a diamond).  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of an antique double wedding ring quilt.  Objects include:  A glass floral frog; brioche molds; stainless steel, locking hemostatic pliers; vintage silver belt buckles; small, plastic toy airplanes; plastic craft needles; brass rings; bottle caps; chess pawns; and assorted buttons.

Available. $550 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/2024/07/mandala-clxxxviii.html

 

Mandala CLXXXVII

Mandala CLXXXVII.  2024. Custom framed: 24 1/4" x 24 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a utilitarian wool quilt. Objects include: A circular chess board; silver Mardi Gras doubloons/coins; assorted bottle caps; and beads.

In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/07/mandala-clxxxvii.html

 

Mandala CLXXXVI

Mandala CLXXXVI.  Custom framed:  21" x 21" as shown; 29 3/4" x 29 3/4" if hung as a diamond.  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A sunflower ornament; six, hand-painted, tin, Mexican Christmas ornaments; circular pieces from a metal belt in which vintage portrait photographs were collaged; small binders; brass number stencils; four Mardi Gras doubloons/coins; assorted beads and buttons.

In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/07/mandala-clxxxv.html

 

Mandala CLXXXV

Mandala CLXXXV. 2024. Custom framed: 16 1/2" x 16 1/2". Found objects hand-stitched to the back of a vintage quilt section.  Objects include:  A well worn sanding disc on a ViewMaster reel; four, old wooden, red checkers; four vintage bottle openers; copper-colored aluminum can tabs; four, toy motorcycles; four, red casino chips; glass lamp prisms and 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/2024/05/several-things-finished-this-week.html

 

Mandala CLXXXIV

Mandala CLXXXIV. 2024. Custom framed: 26" x 26". Found objects hand-stitched to a block of a vintage blue-and-white quilt.  Objects include:  Vintage Coke 3D movie glasses; five, souvenir Coke coasters; Tinker Toy connectors; small and large, red plastic lids; black-and-red coffee K-pods; blue poker chips; black 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/2024/05/several-things-finished-this-week.html

 

Mandala CLXXXIII

Mandala CLXXXIII. 2024. Custom framed: 22" x 22". Found objects hand-stitched to a block of an antique quilt.  Found objects include:  A glass floral frog; small, wooden clothespins; glass lamp prisms; six, blue-and-white ceramic lamp parts; child-proof socket plugs; vintage, cardboard yogurt lids; keys; sewing machine needle cases; poker chips; Delta faucet covers; casino chips; and 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/2024/05/three-recently-finished-found-object.html

 

Mandala CLXXXII

Mandala CLXXXII.  Custom framed:  21" x 21". Found objects hand-stitched to a corner of an antique double wedding ring quilt.  Found objects include:  A small piece of porcelain; gold spoons; paper binder rings; thimbles; wooden clothespins; poker chips; four, brass belt buckles; and assorted 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/2024/05/three-recently-finished-found-object.html

 

Mandala CLXXXI

Mandala CLXXXI. 2024, Custom framed: 32" x 32".  Found objects hand-stitched to the back of an antique quilt.  Found objects include:  A copper pastry mold; poker chips; small lamp prisms; keys; wooden honey tasters; vintage, cardboard yogurt lids; clear plastic Christmas tree light additions; brass bamboo knives and iced tea spoons; four, antique key-hole covers; laminated Tampa Nugget cigar bands; copper-colored coffee pods; purple plastic lids; large screw eyes; clear, plastic comb clips; bread closure tabs; Delta faucet covers; pink, permanent hair curlers; a set of eight, vintage, pastel colored, aluminum beverage coasters; and 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/2024/05/three-recently-finished-found-object.html

 

Mandala CLXXX, The Target

Mandala CLXXX, The Target. 2024. Custom framed: 39 1/2" x 39 1/2".  Found and spray-painted toy soldiers and assorted buttons hand-stitched to the back of a vintage quilt.

Available. $1500 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/2024/05/the-found-object-target.html

 

Mandala CLXXIX

Mandala CLXXIX.  Custom framed: 25" x 25".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include:  The front of an egg timer; clock dial; white plastic rings; blue landline telephone connectors; antique eyeglasses; blue plastic dairy lids; prisms; vintage brass belt buckles; bread closure tabs; insulin lancets; gold, plastic lids; casino chips; beer bottle lids; sewing needle cases; vintage milk and yogurt cardboard lids; brass hinges; Shiner pins; beads and assorted buttons.

In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/04/unpacked-new-lights-and-artista-vista.html

Mandala CLXXVIII

Mandala CLXXVIII.  2024. Custom framed: 16" x 16".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  Kitchen timer dial; six, miniature fighter jets; six vintage belt buckles; burgundy colored tops from injectable medication bottles; light blue insulin lancets; casino chips; Cheerwine bottle caps; round, front rail felt punchings from my old piano; all but two letters from a Scrabble dice game; assorted buttons and beads.

In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/01/mandala-clxxviii.html

 

Mandala CLXXVII

Mandala CLXXVII. Custom framed: 21" x 21".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include: A vintage, aluminum gelatin mold; a ring of front rail felt punchings from my old piano; eight seed heads of artificial stalks of wheat; eight, lobster claw clasps with D-rings; yellow-gold and copper beverage can tabs; eight, Singer sewing machine stitch dials; sixteen, amber-yellow dice; four, brass clock mainspring barrels; Newcastle beer bottle caps; red Monopoly hotels; laminated Tampa Nugget cigar bands; orange, syringe needle safety covers; chandelier prisms; assorted buttons and beads.

In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/01/mandala-clxxvii.html

 

Mandala CLXXVI

Mandala CLXXVI.  Custom framed: 18 1/2" x 18 1/2".  Found objects hand-stitched to the back side of a vintage quilt.  Found objects include:  A vintage clock mainspring; piano hammer flanges [part of the internal workings of a piano key]; assorted beer bottle caps; eight gold flatware forks; four, vintage brass belt buckles; ballpark seat numbers; plastic candle holders for a Christmas tree or cake; eight, tan-colored Princess phone key chain rings; 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, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/01/mandala-clxxvi.html

 

Mandala CLXXV

Mandala CLXXV. 2024. Custom framed: 24 1/2" x 24 1/2".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include:  A Tissot Sour Lemon Drop tin lid; six, gold flatware salad forks; artificial leaves for cake decorations; six, Dutch souvenir spoons; twelve Tinker Toy connectors; Heineken and Stella Artois beer bottle caps; four, vintage gold belt buckles; keys; green cocktail forks; chandelier prisms; four, white casino chips; assorted buttons and beads.

Available at the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC. $450.00. (828) 253-7651

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/01/mandala-clxxv.html

 

Mandala CLXXIV

Mandala CLXXIV. 2024. Custom framed: 32" x 32".  Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A wheel from a rolling sewing tape measure ruler; four, red vinyl 45 records; four vintage aluminum gelatin molds; eight lobster claw clasps with D-rings; eight Singer sewing machine stitch dials; eight wooden clothespins; dominoes; ViewMaster reels; cabinet pulls; blue casino chips; red plastic lids; clear, plastic candle holders for a Xmas tree or cake (?); colorful tops from injectable medication bottles; vintage, brass belt buckles; buttons and beads.

In a private collection.

For more information and additional images, please visit: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2024/01/mandala-clxxiv.html