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These colorfully wrapped yarn pieces are called  Ojo de Dios (Eye of God in Spanish.)  In Mexico in 1965, Jay Mohler saw a Hichol Indian carrying a bundle of these objects in a marketplace. Fascinated by their design and spiritual symbolism (warding off evil spirits,) he bought several and began experimenting with his own designs. Later that year in Seattle, he experienced bliss after stepping into an exhibition of Buddhist artifacts organized by the Dalai Lama of Tibet, and saw the same yarn and wood objects he had seen in Mexico. In Tibetan tradition, these are also contemplative spiritual objects. He was fascinated by the cross-cultural similarities and the beauty of these mandalas, and over the years has developed his own Ojo de Dios, adding dimension, depth and intricacy to create mandalas that indeed make one think of the eye of god. You can get these on his Etsy page.

-Claudia Brown