These richly designed mandalas break away from the traditional Eastern format, which typically depicta the divine architecture of the Cosmos; instead, they reconnect us with Earth, and essential experiences of self-awareness, simplicity, and harmony. In-depth instructions explain how to meditate on the images, and why the particular patterns draw us in so intensely.--From publisher description.

Formline is a 2-dimensional Indigenous visual language. It is seen in the art of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, spanning from the Gulf of Alaska down along the coast of British Columbia. The Tlingit are among the northernmost practitioners of this distinctive curvilinear artform. Formline designs created today are the result of thousands of years of artistic evolution and innovation. Each featured design was originally created as paper snowflakes by Tlingit artist Benjamin Schleifman, and have since been digitized to create the unique mandalas you see in this book. Some of the snowflakes took up to 6 hours to make! Each design is printed on a single sheet of paper so they can be removed for display. Please enjoy finding and coloring the hidden animals in these snowflakes!

Mysticism.

Relax and find inspiration through the meditative craft of paper-quilling with these thirty projects from the author of Quilled Flowers Quilling is a beautiful and meticulous artform that can also be a satisfying, peaceful, and meditative process. In Quilled Mandalas, Alli Bartkowski shows you how to create harmonious, symmetrical mandala-themed projects with shapes quilled from colorful strips of paper. Bartkowski explains the basic tools and techniques of quilling, from curling and crimping the paper to forming scrolls, strips, and rolls. Detailed step-by-step photos show all the shapes needed for the projects, which come in an assortment of 4”, 6”, and 8” designs with projects for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced quiller. Feel the calm and serenity of this traditional craft as you quill a Crimson Flower, Sunset, Snowflake, Peacock, and other vivid, beautiful mandalas.

Join the global movement and challenge your family to match screen time with outdoor time—with hundreds of fun, fresh-air ideas. Did you know that the average American child spends 1,200 hours a year in front of a screen? And that outside play can boost children in every area of development? This book has everything you need to reset the balance and swap screen time for outdoor fun! Challenge your family to spend 1,000 hours outside this year with this collection of games, crafts, and activities, organized by season to help you find something you can do every day. Play leaf pile games, take a hot chocolate hike, make corn husk dolls, go on an animal home hunt, and much more with hundreds of ideas for all ages, abilities, and family types. No matter how busy you are, this book gives you all the ideas, photos, activity instructions, and inspiration you need to get outdoors with your family all year round.

Thirty beautiful, accurate illustrations of the popular national park's wildlife and vegetation include ravens, coyotes, and lizards, as well as yucca blossoms and other desert plants. Informative captions accompany each drawing.

Some Indian mandala patterns are more than 5,000 years old. This book features both traditional and modern motifs such as embroidered handicrafts, geometric mazes and knots, peacocks, and lotuses. Monika Helwig’s stylized versions of these classic patterns make this book an ideal diversion as well as a learning experience.