Mandalas

PETER W. MICHEL, Sculptor ● Sculpture in Celebration of Self, Relationship and Community

SCULPTURE TYPE: MANDALAS

"Love Circles", "Love Circles", "Support Circle Rainbow",

"Think Peace", "Folk Circle Mandala", "Childhood Rhythms" (Detail)

"Folk Mandala (Ta Da)", "Folk Mandala (Ta Da)" (Detail), "Folk Mandala (Yea)

"Folk Circle Mandala", "Support Circle" Palm Sculpture, "The Players" (top view)

Sacred Geometry: "The Flower of LIfe 1", "The Flower of Life", "The Flower of Life 6" color studies

Like mandalas of other times and cultures, these mandalas create symbols of our cosmic connectedness and wholeness and an environment of nourishment and delight."

Some books on mandalas:
Cornell, Judith, Ph.D. Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing . Wheaton, IL: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1994
Cunningham, Bailey Mandala: Journey to the Center. New York: DK Publishing, Inc., 2002.
Grotenhuis, Elizabeth ten. Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography. Honolulu: Univerity of Hawaii Press, 1999.
Jung, C. G. Mandala Symbolism. Translated by R.F.C. Hull. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973.
Khanna, Madhu. Yantra: The Tantric Symbol of Cosmic Unity . New York: Thames & Hudson, 1979.
Leidy, Denise Patry andRobert A. F. Thurman . Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment. New York: Asia Society Galleries and Tibet House, 1997.

Peter W. Michel, sculptor ● 185 Brookside Lane ● Fayetteville, NY 13066 ● 315-632-4780 ● peter@petermichel.com