The Sacred Art Garden

Personal Sacred Spaces for Garden and Home by Joe Arnold

My Work

Current Inventory for Sale

I enjoy customizing the finishes on my wheels based on the buyer’s personal preferences. I can finish prayer wheels in a variety of styles from traditional Tibetan to secular. Traditional prayer wheels in Tibet, Ladakh, Bhutan and Nepal typically have the mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” on the drum written in Tibetan script or Devanigiri script (most common in Nepal).

My prayer wheels can have simple painted script or burnished brass script; stencils, or hand-painted images; no embellishments or elaborate artistic embellishments. In addition, I can add finishes such as brass banding, painted trim, even patterned brass lantern finials purchased in the souks of Marrakech!

One of the most fun wheels I made was for a friend who grew up Catholic, likes the four armed Hindu god Ganesh, and listens to reggae music. The wheel I created for her has the Virgin of Guadelupe and Ganesh on the drum, and a skirt with the four traditional Rastafarian colors on it. Really, the ways to finish the wheels are unlimited.

All of my wheels come with a port or two ports that open to allow putting your prayers inside. Price includes a painted steel mounting pole and a painted skirt that covers the bearing. The steel column can be mounted to a poured concrete base or see the concrete lotus base below which can be purchased for 00 additional to mount your wheel in a garden.

Prices range from 95 for a simple small wheel with stenciled glyphs to $1,800 for a patinaed copper wheel with brass glyphs. The prices for the prayer wheels shown below that are unfinished are base prices which include basic stenciled glyphs. Finishing embellishments such as brass lettering are add-on costs. Please contact me if you are interested in a custom wheel for a price quote. Delivery and installation are free in the greater Estes Park area and are available on a quoted per diem and mileage rate elsewhere. I can also ship anywhere in the United States via FedEx freight.

Number 17:  15” diameter x   24" drum, 80" total height: $975


No. 21: Verdigris copper:  12.5" diameter x  24” drum, 77" total height:

Price reduced: $1,695



Number 22:   14” diameter x  17.5” drum,  63" total height: $1,450

Number 23: 13” diameter x 18.5” drum height x 76” total height:

Price reduced: $1695

Number 25:   18” diameter x 30” high drum x 88” total height: $1,200

Will be finished in your choice of painted gold script, or custom finished at additional cost at your request

Number 26: 18.5” diameter x 30” high drum x 80” total height:

Price reduced: $895 SOLD

Four images of dancing Apsaras.

Number 28:  Verdigris copper with Korean Hangul script.

9” diameter x  16" high drum x 62” total height: SOLD 

Number 29 SOLD azurite copper patina; 8.5” diameter x  16" high drum x  62” total height. Moroccan brass lantern top finial removes to allow placing a candle inside.


Number 32:  9” diameter x  19" high drum x  66” total height: $545 

"Umbrella stand" base  $60 extra


Number 36: Interior, 9” diameter x 16” high drum x 23” total height: $545 

Number 38: Interior, 9” diameter x 11.5” high drum x 21” total height: $595

Number 39: Interior, 9” diameter x 15” drum x 25” total height: $595

Antiqued to look old

Concrete Lotus Base for installation. $100 additional cost. Range of colors available

Antiqued all copper and brass prayer wheel with four Moroccan brass lanterns made into top finial and Moroccan brass trim: 30” diameter;  36” drum height; 11 foot total height. $9,500. Custom finished with brass script and installed at your location within 500 miles of Estes Park, Colorado. 

Number 46: 7.5" diameter x 13" high drum x 26" total height: $645

Patinaed brown copper

For interior use or outdoors if sheltered from the weather

Can add painted or brass script for additional cost



Number 51:   10" diameter x 14" high drum x 62" total height: $695 SOLD

Bhutan dragon



Number 50:   9" diameter x 16" high drum x 77" total height: $545

Painted script can be added for additional cost



Number 47:   8.5" diameter x 11" high drum x 22" total height: $695

Patinaed brown copper with walnut base

For interior use or outdoors if sheltered from the weather

Can add painted or brass script for additional cost



Number 53:    14.5" diameter x 24" high drum x 84" total height: $1295

Patinaed brown copper . Can be finished with brass script for ~$275 additional



Number 52:    8 3/4" diameter x 13" high drum x 67 "total height: SOLD

Patinaed brown copper with script: the Christian Doxology

"Umbrella stand" base  $60 extra



Number 56:  9" diameter x 16" high drum x 65" total height: $950

Patinaed brown copper with script; free standing - steel base



Number 45:   7.5" diameter x 12" high drum x 26" total height: $645

Patinaed brown copper

For interior use or outdoors if sheltered from the weather

Can add painted or brass script for additional cost


Number 48:   9.5" diameter x 21.5" high drum x 37" total height: $595

For interior use or outdoors if sheltered from the weather


Number 54:   19" diameter x 30" high drum x 84" total height: $1450

Includes concrete base


Number 13:   9" diameter x  18" drum, 65" total height: $750