Mandala Coloring eBook (Hyperbolic Tessellation): Of the Sky

Experience the joy and well-being of coloring mandalas. This 11" x 8.5" PDF Mandala Coloring eBook contains 8 original flight-related hyperbolic tessellation mandalas by Maureen Frank.

THE DESIGNS:

• "All a Flutter" looks like abstract wings.
• Lots of butterflies flutter about in the "Butterflies" mandala.
• For the "Cupid" mandala I overlapped cupid-like arrows over hearts throughout the piece.
• If we could capture the sound of an "Echo" it would look something like this; wavy and repeating.
• Every year I create a new snowflake mandala. In this book I included "Snowflake 2009", a star-like version of a snowflake.
• The "Superhero" mandala pattern reminds me of an emblem you'd see on a superhero's cape.
• "Tao" means 'the path' and in this mandala the pattern resembles any number of pathways we can follow...all coming together in the center.
• I used the traditional "Yin Yang" symbol, played with repeating it in a tessellation kind of way and came up with this very flow-y, interconnected design.

Happy Coloring!

Maureen, The Mandala Lady
www.MandalasToColor.com

THE PROCESS:

I create my own mandala designs by first hand sketching them with pencil and paper, then using a graphics tablet and stylus, I draw the mandala into the computer. I then convert the digital images into a PDF coloring book

MY STORY:

I began creating mandalas in early 1999 after a 10-day trip to Egypt. Through much of that region of the world patterns and symbols decorated just about every structure I visited, whether ancient, old or new. My analytical mind loved the geometry of the Islamic art and the Egyptian hieroglyphics. My heart and soul loved their elegant and symbolic beauty.

When I returned home, I began seeing patterns and symbols in everything around me, even in my dreams. I proceeded to translate these intriguing ideas into mandalas. In early 2000 I learned to use meditation as a way to access the depth of these mandalas, fully exploring their therapeutic and metaphysical natures.

After visiting the M.C. Escher exhibit at the Portland (OR) Art Museum, his circle limit series inspired me to create my own series of 'circle limits.' Technically these designs (and Eschers) are called hyperbolic (curved plane) tessellation (tiling patterns).

By creating the mandalas in this style, it makes the mandalas more three dimensional as if looking at the front half of a ball.

THE LEGAL STUFF:

These 8 mandalas are original, copyrighted designs, intended for personal, non-commercial use only. Reproduction, distribution, sale, and/or resale in any way, shape or form is prohibited. If you do wish to use any or all of these mandala designs for commercial purposes, please email me via the contact form on www.TheMandalaLady.com about licensing.