Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Weighty strings

Love these challenges! Recently, Sue Jacobs posted a great idea for creating strings using... strings! This week's challenge is to do the same. I located two items, both necklaces. One is a small pottery(?) piece that showed up recently that neither I nor my husband recognize. The other is a jade disk, one of my souvenirs of two years teaching English in China.

I've been trying some unfamiliar tangles on these tiles. In this one I used Lori Howe's RIVERSTONES. Quite pretty with its two very different parts.

Tangles: Caviar, Crescent Moon, Finery, Florz, Miranda, 'Nzeppel, Riverstones

I wanted to try CZT Christina Vandervlist's new tangle OGEN. It's very similar to a pattern I have done since my university days, but I like it better. I expect you'll be seeing it again!

Tangles: Beadlines, Crescent Moon, Cubine, Finery, Florz, Flukes, Ogen, Strircles

I rather liked the strings provided by the strings, and tried one where I placed the weight off the tile and placed only the cord on the tile. I also wanted to try CZT Laurie Patterson's tangle PURZUE.
Tangles: Coaster, Diamond Panes, Knightsbridge, Purzue, Rick's Paradox, Unyun

I prepared six tiles using necklace strings, so I have three more to play with!
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11 comments:

  1. Moon AtticJuly 5, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    Beautiful, beautiful work. I look forward to the next three!

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  2. DarkskyeJuly 5, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    Beautiful, as always :D

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  3. AnonymousJuly 6, 2011 at 1:08 AM

    These are great..can't wait to try this one.

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  4. Shelly BeauchJuly 6, 2011 at 2:25 AM

    Margaret, great tangle choices and your sdading always adds the right amount of pizzazz!

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  5. MariëtJuly 6, 2011 at 2:35 AM

    So wonderful and perfect!

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  6. Daniele OBrien Design, CZTJuly 6, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    All 3 of these are beautiful. I'm particularly drawn to your first, but all are a feast for the eyes!

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  7. Tricia, CZTJuly 7, 2011 at 5:41 AM

    Beautiful designs! Your work is so lovely.

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  8. Sue ClarkJuly 7, 2011 at 8:49 AM

    All of them are wonderful, but I really love all the movement in the 2nd one!

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  9. ZoechaosJuly 9, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    All three are pretty amazing XOXO Zoe

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  10. JayeJuly 9, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    I love them all...would hate to have to choose just one for a favorite. Good plan to have some tiles ready to go.

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  11. Tina AionoJuly 13, 2011 at 7:46 AM

    Hi, waz jst passing by browzing & came across your blog. I luv your work! Its very interesting. Would luv to learn this technique. I don't think i'm familiar with it, but I luv the results. Awsm !

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