52 Flower Mandalas: An Adult Coloring Book for Inspiration and Stress Relief

by David J. Bookbinder, Emily Sper

THIS EDITION IS OUT OF PRINT, BUT A NEW AND IMPROVED FORMAT IS OUT WITH THE SAME TITLE. THE NEW ISBN IS: 9780998073323.

Often a meditative experience, coloring may help you wind down at the end of the day, calm yourself before sleep, or work through feelings. For some, it’s just a fun and satisfying way to spend time.

The perfect balance of pattern and complexity will draw you into the beauty of the 52 flower mandalas featured in this stunning book. Each illustration is printed on a single page facing an inspirational quotation with space for reflection. Many hours of pleasurable coloring await the colorist transforming the illustrations in a deeply personal way.

Based on the award-winning digital photographs of therapist David J. Bookbinder, illustrations by Emily Sper capture the essence of the original flower mandalas, creating the framework for colorists to experiment with form, pattern, shading, and layering.

Now it’s up to you to interpret the flower mandalas in your own unique way!

Genres: Colouring Books

112 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2015

About the author

David J. Bookbinder is a life coach, writer, and photographer. He lives and works north of Boston, Massachusetts.

His award-winning Flower Mandala images were inspired by the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe and the flower photographs of Harold Feinstein, with whom he briefly studied. David holds Masters degrees in Counseling Psychology and Creative Writing and is a regular presenter at the Creativity & Madness conference in Santa Fe, NM.

In addition to Street People: Invisible New York Made Visible and Street People Portfolio: Invisible New York Made Visual , he is the author of The Art of Balance: Staying Sane in an Insane World , Paths to Wholeness: Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas , two coloring books for adults based on his Flower Mandalas ( 52 Flower Mandalas and 52 (more) Flower Mandalas), as well as a book on American folk music and three books on computer software.

Reviews

[Barbara]

I won this beautiful book from the publisher Diversion Books...thank you so much!
The 'adult coloring book' craze is on fire these days and this book is one of the best. It's not just a coloring book for stress relief but it is also inspirational because it includes quotes from people like Henry David Thoreau, Carl Jung, and Emily Dickinson just to name a few. The paper is of a wonderful quality...very smooth and receptive to color and all mandalas are printed on the right side of the pages. The quotes appear on the left side along with a blank square for your own interpretation. David Bookbinder took the photographs of flowers and Emily Sper designed them into the mandalas. What a fabulous team! I'm hoping that together they will be creating more of these stunning books. I have quite a few adult coloring books and this one is my absolute favorite. I highly recommend it.

[Alyssa]

I absolutely loved this book, such beautifuldesigns throughout the book, I enjoyed coloring each one.

[Megan Williams]

Loved the various mandalas to draw. As well as the quotes throughout the book.