Wednesday, July 17, 2013

A circuitous opus

Well, not really. I  just couldn't resist the word play. But I suppose that's a rather good description of each of our lives! :)

I'd been thinking we haven't done a duo-tangle for a while, and this week we get one: Cirquital and Opus. Opus I like and use regularly. Cirquital I've tried a few times, but it hasn't really grabbed me.

I did three tiles. You don't get to see the second one; I ripped it up! However, it was while doing that second tile that I realized I have an easier time drawing the curvy, pointy, middle things if I start at the curvy, pointy, middle rather than at the edge. I'm not thrilled with either of these, but I do admire Laura for posting her first effort each time, so here they are.

17 comments:

  1. Beautifully done ! I found these two tangles a tad too difficult...but yours just seem to flow!!

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  2. I love all your variations of Opus, and the extra 'curlier' Cirquital make it more fun, I think!

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  3. Both tiles are georgeous and very imaginative. Wonderful variations of Cirquital and Opus and great contrast! Very nicely done!

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  4. I'm going to try your tip for starting at the pointed end as I too have trouble with this one. I love the more triangular one in the second tile.

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  5. Очень нравится, как Вы обыграли это сочетание - композиция смотрится очень естественно и непринуждённо!
    Мне это сочетание узоров не поддалось, "cirquital" оказалось сложно вписать в сюжет :(

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    1. Translation of the comment:
      Love how you beat this combination - a composition looks very natural and at ease! I did not yield to a combination of patterns, "cirquital" found it difficult to write on the subject :(
      (Hooray for Google translate! although I expect there are still a few oddities.)

      And please feel free to comment in whatever language you're most comfortable in!

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  6. Absolutely love those shape variations to cirquital - they won me over!

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  7. I really like the curly ends of cirquital on one of them; and the variations on opus on both. They both are lovely.

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  8. Like the contrast that you accomplished. The tangles seem to flow very well together.

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  9. Beautiful! Very bold desing and artistic tile.

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  10. As usual...you always think outside the box!!!
    I always go and look at your immediately AFTER I post mine.
    I am actually keeping a copy of these too and will paste them into my "step out" book which is a 3 ring binder. The binder now has over 600 pages in it. Obviously it is not really an easy thing tote around. But I have a small collection in a little book just showing each tangle without step outs too.

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  11. These are great, Margaret! I love the curly ends of Cirquital too.

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  12. Great Margaret, you did so well with this tangles.

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  13. Very creative Margaret, the way you made cirquital squishy makes it look groovy!

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  14. love them both but my favorite is the first one!

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  15. I LOVE 'em and could only HOPE to emulate them and make something this good. Off to have a try! Thanks for the tip (no pun intended) on starting the curvy bits at the tip (pointy end) first. I just KNOW that's gonna help me.

    xxx

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