by russs.net | Dec 18, 2012 | - Mandalas, Paintings
Talk about Fun! One of the professor’s from a local college here in Mountain Province was in need of help for the art component of his curriculum. He invited me to come and do a painting workshop. It just so happened that I had three very adventurous and...
by russs.net | Dec 13, 2012 | - Mandalas, 1Actions
Here are three of the amazing letters that the grade 6’s of Guina’ang Elementary crafted for the children in the orphanage in Siem Peap Cambodia. Thanks to David for leading the creativity session in letter writing and envelope making. The students were...
by Russell Maier | Dec 12, 2012 | - Mandalas, 1Mandala
Guina’ang is a small and humble mountain village in the Northern Philippines. It takes 12 hours to get there from Manila and another two by rough road from Bontoc. I’ve been working with Guina’ang for the last two years after getting lost hiking...
by Russell Maier | Aug 30, 2012 | - Mandalas
Wow. I headed down across the river with some friends yesterday and was blown away by what my students had done. I’ve been training the local out-of-school youth how to make use of broken tiles and other trash and turn them into mandalic mosaics. Its pretty...
by russs.net | Aug 15, 2012 | - Mandalas, 1Mandala
Mandalas are an ancient spiritual art-form that are found around the world in a myriad of cultures and mediums. Mandalas harness the magic of circular geometry. Their creative process enables one or more folks to come together and organically unfold mesmerizingly...
by Russell Maier | Jul 24, 2012 | - Mandalas, co-creation
How do you know if your ideas are successful? When take a life of their own and turn out if even more beautiful than you had planned! This morning I took some friends down to the river to show our recycling work. To my surprise, I could see as we approached that the...
Russell is a regenerative artist, inventor and philosopher based in Bali, Indonesia. He is one of the principals of global the Ecobrick. His regenerative theories are inspired by his time amongst the Igorot people, his journey with plastic and his work mandalas. Russell is currently working on a new theory of Earthen Ethics and Plastic Sequestration. You can follow him on Facebook