IAST 148

I had to go one more round with Fengle! I like the shape of the pattern and my last round with it (previous post)the Rundl-pattern took over the zendala and the shape of Fengle is hard to find! There is no trouble with that, because using it as a string it is a string. And a string can disappear while working on it. But this time I wanted to keep the Fengle-shape! So here is my second try for IAST 148:

The patterns except Fengle are: Tipple, Appearance (Sandra Strait, Kassandra (mine) and something that looks like Papyrus (Suzanne McNeill)

Black Zendala-day

Today was another Zendala to be created.  In Square One Rundl by Ela Rieger is the focustangle. I have been playing with Rundl before but I kept it in my sketchbook for coming needs. And now it was the right thing to do on a zendala-tile. A black one. So many things has been going through my head today. 

Black has a calming effect most of the time. So here Rundl came along with Wud (Joni Feddersen) and Tipple. To be true I started with Fengle as a string for IAST. But Rundl took over completely, so I think I will do one more for Adele Bruno´s challenge of the week. This trio of patterns gave me release from what has been going on today.  

Circle-strings

Joey´s new challenge for some weeks on sounds so exciting to me! It is going tobe about tangeling in circle-strings! I love circles! A circle is the hardest thing to draw properly on freehand. And to me it is the most challenging to work with. So inspiring. Here is my first attempt on a lovely string from Joey!

The challenge was also about Flux, which I started with. Then came lovely Niuroda (Tina Akua Hunziker), tipple and something in the corners. Loved to do this! 

String-thing

Staub Korn has made a tangleation of Flip-Flap, called C-Wing. It is an easy-to-learn tangle and will sure be a favourite of mine. Here I tried it on string 120:

The strings as well as zentangles are supposed to be nonrepresentative, but they are not always! String 121 has the shape of 1/8 note. Now when I have got to that one I was first disturbed. I had to look in another direction and find something else out of it. I slowed down. Went away from it and got back. Remembered to breath and then I started with Skye (Margaret Bremner. As I find this tanglepattern very relaxing and craving my focus I just had to go on from there.

I have wanted to try Floating Discs (Suzanne McNeill) for some time so here I had the opportunity! And C-Wing (Staub Korn) is the focustangle in Square One and there it was! Yes I had some fun!!!

Roman Numbers I-XV

The challenge from Joey with Roman numbers I-XV was so interesting to do. Now I have gathered all my numbers into one pic. It was worth doing because I am surprised myself  about the outcome! I like it.

There are two more tiles, but I choose these to be the final result. So much fun in this challenge! I´ll try to frame them together because I would like to show them together! Don´t know yet how....

Tanglers-get-together

Yesterday we were 4 tanglers in Gärdebyn, Rättvik. We were tangeling all day and had a wonderful time in Bystugan. A lot of talking, laughing and creativeness!

As three of us had not tangled too much before, we worked with basic patterns:

Here are the happy tanglers except me who took the picture:

From left to right: Gabriella, Margaret and Gerd. Margaret and Gerd came all the way from Uppsala by train! So much fun this wonderful tangeling saturday! Hope we meet again having a day like this!

The meaning of zentangle

Last night I was so tired. The summerheath has arrived so quickly this year. Almost no spring at all or the spring has been so very cold. I have been walking our doog every morning with the wintercoat on! And suddenly we have +30 degrees Celsius in the late afternoon! That´s hot and that also means I was in a real hurry to get all plants done and seeds in the earth! My back was aching and my head was empty. But I sat down tangeling and I made the tile for Joey´s challenge with roman number XV. Why? Because it is so simple to find out what to do. The string is given and the patterns too. When I was finished I couldn´t estimate the tile weather the result was satisfying or if it wasn´t worth displaying. But I was relaxed and went to bed filled with confidence that a new day would bring new possibilities!

The patterns Joey had choosen are all there: Chard (Linda Farmer), Seedings (Damy), Black Eyed Peas (Suzanne McNeill), Corn Rows (Suzanne McNeill) and Garlic Cloves (still don´t know the name of the tangler who has created this). I liked this challenge because it immediately put me into the "zone".

Today I went on with the IAST for this week. Adele has choosen three beautiful tangles: Pixiose (Margaret Bremner), Blooming Butter (Michela Beauchamp) and Zinger.

This became a tile that really means summer to me. I am curious about that the tangeling so often reflects what  we are into! It is an abstract tile. But in a way it isn´t, because I can see what I have done and it makes me smile. It is all about being presence in the moment!