Wednesday, February 23, 2011

This week's challenge #10

I am so happy that Laura from Iamthediva creates these weekly challenges. It gets me thinking outside of my box. This week is "The space between." It took me a bit to learn to say no. No more tangling. Enough. Keep it simple. So the first attempt was to just use a simple pattern to ooze across the tile, leaving big gaps. I wasn't really thrilled. Okay. Leave it alone.


The next day I had to go to our school's annual budget meeting. It was a long night and I'm happy that I had my tiles and pens with me. My "annual meeting tile" was created trying not to overdo my tangles. There's not a lot of white space in there but there's a lot more than I would've left if the challenge wasn't in my head.


This is also the coming out party to my own tangle pattern: sundoo.



Today after work I created my final (I think) challenge #10 tile. Simple. Ta da.
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11 comments:

  1. ledenzerFebruary 24, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    Very nicely done....I have really enjoyed this post!

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  2. SandraFebruary 24, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    You handled the 'space' very nicely. And your sundoo design is lovely. Thanks for posting it.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    Nice Jane, Now here's a thought. You were tangling at the front of the meeting, and I was tangling at the back of the meeting. Did you notice the pace of this meeting was decidedly slower than normal? And, only one person yelled. And the budget not only passed but was amended up! So, how much of this can be because the crowd was in a tangle flow????

    And, your Sundoo is awesome. I'm currently fussing with a St.Bridig's cross design. We'll see how it works out.

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  4. UnknownFebruary 26, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    I love that first tangle, it's great! And your new pattern looks like fun. Thank you for sharing it. :-)

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  5. janeeFebruary 28, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    The power of the tangle flow certainly is amazing. Dana, we'll have to experiment with that again.
    Thank you all for the wonderful comments. I just love this group!

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  6. Sandra StraitApril 1, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    I missed this when you first posted it! Your zentangles are lovely, and Sundoo is gorgeous. Do you belong to Flickr? If so, please consider posting Sundoo at Freehand Doodle Patterns. http://www.flickr.com/groups/freehandpatterns/.

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  7. Kit @ DreamscribeApril 1, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    Thank you to Molossus-Sandra for sending me back to your blog, Jane!! I missed Sundoo too (just printing a copy so I can show the girls at Tuesday Tanglers this week... they'll love it too!). And that last 'space between' piece... blissfully beautiful - WoW!

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  8. CookieApril 11, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    Your Sundoo tangle pattern is so cute. It will also make a nice print pattern for fabric.

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  9. shatrilJanuary 4, 2012 at 3:30 PM

    I really like those tangles, TFS.

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  10. UnknownJanuary 4, 2012 at 4:10 PM

    Hey, thank you, I appreciate how it is an ongoing challenge to not over tangle a tile. I do love your open space final tile, deeply clever and simplified to grab the essence. Thanks again.

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  11. Sue WilliamsJanuary 5, 2012 at 2:41 AM

    Very creative and thanks for sharing. Greetings from Sue in South Africa

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