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Monday, June 1, 2015

UMT: All Boxed Up

A new month, a new tangle to learn over at I Am the Diva CZT.  This month the tangles is called All Boxed Up from Alice Hendon.  This is a fun tangle and reminds me a lot of my own pattern Zuan Shi.  Alice's tangle is so simple though.  There are a lot of variations possible with this and I can't wait to use it more.

I started this tile with a stencil outline as my string.  I added the dot and dash to the outline. I know it has a name but I can't think of it.  While I was trying to think of what else to add, I decided to play with the idea of a mirror image. After coloring in half black, I added the All Boxed Up but managed to mess the variation that I planned on using.  No matter, it just adds more interest for the tile.  After that was done, I added more black and kept going with Printemps.

This was a fun tile to draw.  The gelly roll pen that I used for the white worked very well.  Maybe it was because I was drawing over the prismacolor marker or maybe it is because it is really warm and the ink likes it warm.  Whatever the reason, I was glad.

I hope that you all have a great week.  Thanks in advance for your wonderful comments and for stopping by.

14 comments:

  1. I love the positive/negative approach you took. Clever and striking!

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  2. Wow, love this tile! Nice choice of black and white, together with Printemps makes a well-balanced tile.

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  3. Great idea to balance black/white… Nicely done!

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  4. You did a tangleation with All Boxed Up that I was wondering about. Now I know. I see diamonds as another pattern formed by your straight lines. Very cool.

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  5. Is this ever Zen! yin, yang, repetition, serenity, balance, symmetry, diversity with unity. Depth! wow!

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  6. I love Printemps surrounding All Boxed Up!

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  7. I have your blog as a favorite on my blog.
    You always have GREAT variations and interesting things to try.
    This is no exception.

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  8. I love the use of negative and positive space and by just adding Printemps (and that tangle I can't remeber the nme of either) you've kept it very simple and elegant. Zentangle, living up to it's name. Very nice!

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  9. The ying/yang is very visually pleasing. Simple yet elegant.

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  10. I really love the yin and yang of this. It's just beautiful. Great job.

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  11. Wonderful Idea! I like the positive/negative look of your tile!

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  12. Very nicely done, it looked like reflections to me.

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  13. I love the yin/yang aspect of the positive and negative. It is a very effective and stunning use of this tangle. Very nicely done!

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  14. love the mirror image!thanks for trying my new tangle All Boxed Up!

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