{"id":2470,"date":"2013-01-29T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2013-01-29T15:29:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T22:29:39","slug":"exploring-mandalas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/exploring-mandalas\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Mandalas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mandala\u00a0is a Sanskrit\u00a0word meaning “circle.” These visually engaging patterns have spiritual and ritual\u00a0significance\u00a0for some eastern religions and western communities and have been growing in popularity as an art form.<\/p>\n

Susan\u00a0Buhrman<\/a> is one of the most prolific mandala artists that I know of in our community. She uses cane slices, cut sheets of clay, beads and other objects to create the patterns for these wall pieces.<\/p>\n

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Mandalas aren’t just a beautiful art form; the creation of them can be quite a therapeutic activity. Take a number of scrap canes, sheet clay or what not and simply start placing them in a balanced and repetitive pattern on a board or other stiff,\u00a0movable\u00a0surface. Don’t think too much about it. Let your inner artist just play. This should get you into a very relaxing zone, and at the end of your time creating this, you may find yourself surprised by what you end up with. Just something fun and relaxing to try when you need it.<\/p>\n

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Mandala\u00a0is a Sanskrit\u00a0word meaning “circle.” These visually engaging patterns have spiritual and ritual\u00a0significance\u00a0for some eastern religions and western communities and have been growing in popularity as an art form. Susan\u00a0Buhrman is one of the most prolific mandala artists that I know of in our community. She uses cane slices, cut sheets of clay, beads and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[74,739,736,675,12,11,737,738,16,740],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","category-tips-and-tricks","tag-beads","tag-cane-slices","tag-mandala","tag-patterns","tag-polymer-art","tag-polymer-clay","tag-sanskrit","tag-susan-buhrman","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine","tag-wall-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-DQ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}