Thursday, October 6, 2011

Just for a change

When I come across an interesting piece of paper I tend to keep it. For something in the future. Sometime. Tidying up the studio the other day I came across a lovely small piece of paper with gold and silver flecks. I cut it down to a 9 cm. square and tangled it.

Tangles: Assunta, Black Pearls, Casella, Chebucto,
Flux, Miranda, Paradox, Phuds, Tripo

There are other interesting papers in my drawers, some with designs printed on them. (I have one - and only one - major scrapbook project I began a few years ago and must get back to. Sometime in the future.)  I located some of that paper and had a go.
Tangles: Bales, Cadex, Coaster, Kuginuki, Paradox,
Prestwood, Spinners, Tripoli, Zapateado
Tangles: Finery, Knase, Knightsbridge,
Krli-q, Phuds, Striping, Zapateado

Then I pulled out a pale sheet of hand-marbled paper. I love marbled paper. I didn't draw a pencil string, rather let the lines of the marbling show me where to begin or end a tangle. Some bits spread beyond the border.
Tangles: Braze, Caviar, Crescent Moon, Flux, Gewgle,
Hollibaugh, Jonqal, Lotus Pods, Miranda, Paradox, Phuds, Tipple

For the next one I used sepia ink on what is sometimes called 'straw paper'. It's a paper with bits of dried grassy stuff in it and is rather pretty. However, it's also rather flimsy and the grassy stuff was occasionally bumpy.
Tangles: Bateek, Black Pearls, Crescent Moon,
Jonqal, Paradox, Prestwood, Tipple

5 comments:

  1. Margaret, these are wonderful. I'm sure it was a lot of fun creating them. My favorite is the one with the "bubble" paper, the background design just flows into the zentangle.

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  2. Margaret, All of them are beautiful, as always, but I really love the 3rd and 4th. I love it when certain tangles just really compliment each other as they do in the 3rd tile...wonderful! I really like what you did in the 4th tile with Braze and the circles going out of the tile area on to the paper..which is also fantastic.

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  3. these are impressive..... not too shabby.
    what fun to go drawer shopping. m

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  4. What an inspiration you are !! Each of these has its own wonder. I cant wait to try out some of your ideas. Thanks so much.

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  5. Yup! I agree with all the other comments. All of them are lovely. The marble paper again captures my heart, although I must say I also love both of the sage green drawings. Beautiful work!

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