summer solstice mandala

6.21.06: dawn

Pratt Beach, Chicago IL

materials: origami birds, hemp twine, oranges

We folded the origami and tethered them to the oranges with hemp rope. The hemp was sewn directing into the flesh of the orange. For sunrise we arranged the oranges and birds on the shore of Lake Michigan into a mandala. Bird comets launched into lake, the oranges reflecting the rising sun. Shortly after, a rainbow emerges.