24-Inch Yin Yang Wall Art - Hand-Painted Mandala Panel

How it is painted

The two teardrops are laid in first and the mandala is built around them ring by ring, freehand, from the centre out. Keeping a mandala true on a two-foot circle without a stencil is the whole difficulty of the piece - the spacing is held by eye, and small variations in the outer bands are the evidence that a hand made it.

Why this one

2,130 g (approx. 4.7 lb) on a rigid 10 mm board. Yin yang decor is usually sold as a printed canvas or a cut metal silhouette; this is a painted surface with dot work you can see from an angle. It is also the quietest disc in the 24-inch series - largely monochrome, which is why it works in a meditation room where the Kathakali face would be too loud.

Where it goes

Meditation and yoga rooms, above a low bench or altar, in a bedroom over the headboard, or in a reading corner. It is one of the few pieces here that reads as neutral rather than Indian, so it sits comfortably in a room with no other ethnic decor.

The rest of the series

Five 24-inch discs share this format, each a different subject: the Adiyogi Shiva, the Warli village scene, the Kathakali face and the maroon and blue mandala. Hung as a pair or a row of three they read as a set, because the diameter and the thickness match exactly.

Hanging it

A hook is fitted to the back. At this weight the fixing should go into a stud or a drywall anchor rated for it - a plain picture nail is not enough. Screws and wall anchors are not supplied.

Care

Dust with a dry, soft cloth. If there is mirror inlay, use glass cleaner on the mirror only, applied to the cloth rather than sprayed, so nothing runs onto the paint.