My Maiden Mandala
First, my mandala, of which I am most proud, it being my maiden one and all.
And now all inspirational credit must go to Thalia at Audacia Muliebris, oh she of the wondrous fractal image making, who has turned her talents to making mandalas. After trying her hand at some free-form mandalas, Thalia was introduced to detailed instructions for making your own mandalas at a site called Earth Mandalas. My guess is that Thalia's latest spate of mandala-making is a combination of her photography with some fractal action in there as well. Her mandalas are truly stunning - some of them are pentacles. You should check them out.
I know what I'm going to be doing all day! As if I didn't need something else to help me procrastinate. But thanks Thalia. Really!
Posted by Angela-Eloise at 8:57 AM
Comments
dark, mysterious, covenly, circling around the fire. well done! come visit anytime.
~sue okieffe
Posted by: Sue O'Kieffe | March 13, 2008 9:42 AM
These are lovely, Angela. I used to check out this website all the time many years ago. It's been around for a while. Thanks for reintroducing me to it. I can't wait to go home and play with it.
Posted by: Luna | March 13, 2008 12:23 PM
Well I blame Sue of the first post; it was her comment on my blog that led me to the Earth Mandala site.
I *love* this one. Those colors are gorgeous, like black lace over antique watered silk.
They're really fascinating and addictive, aren't they? Glad to see my Musely powers are still working strong. :)
Posted by: Thalia | March 14, 2008 1:12 AM
Oh and no, the ones I've been doing (and I've been spending the last few days at it too) have all been from photos. No fractal stuff yet, though that's a very good idea.
Posted by: Thalia | March 14, 2008 1:14 AM
The photo I used for this mandala was of a late sunset, viewed through bare trees. It was my favorite time of night, when the sky is becoming dark and its shade of blue changes from almost black to a light bluish grey before reaching the last bit of pink and yellow of the sun as it's leaving the sky. Everything you see is in silhouette. Such a striking image. And I was able to capture it in a few photos I took that evening.
A friend of mine suggested I post the photographs I used for the mandalas to show the source. Maybe I'll start a Flickr album and include photos and mandalas. If I do, I'll make it part of my Flickr widget here on the site so people who are interested can see.
Thanks, everyone, for all of your comments. I feel like the little kid whose proud mother put the drawing she did in art class on the refrigerator!
Posted by: Angela-Eloise | March 14, 2008 9:36 AM