Black cut paper on white background, 10 ins by 14 ins. Scanned to eliminate shadows. Initial pencil sketch and photo detail of cut paper.
My cut-paper dragon mandala on black foam core. This took me a while to finish.
27x20cm
Hard to do, easy to photography! Only 1 cut that may or may not require stitches! :P
I used A-3 paper and black board for the background.
Traditionally, mandalas are made in sand and are destroyed upon their completion. For this one, I stenciled and cut the mandala myself. I tried to base it off of more traditional mandalas.
Making this wreath was an investment of time and patience. The design was taken from Better Homes and Gardens 1989 book "Country Christmas Crafts", pp 82-83, and was created by Claudia and Carroll Hopf. PM me if you'd like to try your hand at it.