Machine couched yarn, hand beaded, lotus blossum chopkey (Korean paper folding) petals, machine quilted. Patterns in nature, like the interlocking spirals of the sunflower seeds in my mandala occur in many life forms. Scientists are beginning to understand the biochemical reasons for this growth pattern. This is a copy of the panel I made for the World Parkinson Congress Creativity Exhibit that will be shown in Glasgow, Scotland in September of 2010. It is my hope that greater scientific understanding of Parkinson’s disease will lead to discovery of a cure.
Sunflower Mandala
Barbara Feinberg
