All 3 Final Mandalas Together

Finished Human Parts Masc & Fem Mandala

For my third and final mandala, rather than using fruits and vegetables, I photo-collaged human parts to further suggest the idea of growth and life. This mandala uses both masculine and feminine aspects. I chose body parts that seemed very masculine or feminine on their own, but when put together, most kind of mixed and became more gender-neutral body parts.

Finished Feminine Mandala

Here she is! Now onto the body parts combo.

More progress on feminine:

My start on the feminine mandala:

Finished Masculine

I finished the masculine mandala! Onto the feminine.

Progress of Mandala Finals

For the final step of our project, I was assigned the words "masculine" and "feminine" as my theme. I decided to create multiple pieces, one representing each word, and a third that would combine both masculine and feminine elements. For the separate masculine and feminine mandalas I chose to use photos of various fruits and vegetables, all of which I sorted through and placed into the category of masculine or feminine due to their physical appearance. Fruit/vegetable shape was the biggest factor in determining what sex I felt it to be, but I took color into consideration as well. Here is what I have so far of the masculine mandala