Friday, March 22, 2013

Sphere look zendalas

I was cleaning out some files the other day (I did throw things out, honest I did!) and discovered two templates for drawing 2D works that look like spheres, especially if the edges of the circle are darker/shaded. The templates fit on a zendala tile although they were a wee bit small. I thought it would be easiest to use square grid tangles and tried a few.
Tangles: Beadlines, Black Pearlz, and mainly Rosé variations
Tangles: Camelia variation
Tangles: Assunta variations and Black Pearlz

I had started one with a currently favorite tangle, Snorr, from Sandy Hunter, CZT (I have yet to figure out all the lovely variations she shows!) but it just didn't seem to have enough variety. I wondered if color would help and opted for the rainbow transition I used earlier. It was improved, but I really didn't like how dark (and messy) the outer edge was. So, I used a compass and drew a smaller circle on the back and cut it out. Here's the before and after:


I didn't know what I was going to do with that little circle until I remembered a piece I'd been working on, off and on. More on that next week.

Go ahead! Try this at home!  

Here is the link to a 2-page PDF with the two templates I used, resized slightly to fit better on a Zendala tile. It takes some brain gymnastics when the squares become less and less square towards the edges. The tangle won't fit well there; just don't tell anybody.  Very large thanks to both Erin and Roy for helping me figure out how to do that link thing! (I learned something. Yay!) 

Have fun! And if you do try this at home, send me a photo and I'll post a selection here.

19 comments:

  1. This looks like fun! Thanks for sharing the templates. (The post made it in the nick of time for today's Weekly Roundup.)

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  2. Amazing. I am so going to try those!

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  3. Oh WOW, these are awesome! Thanks for sharing the templates....another fun thing to try!

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  4. Sensational Margaret, you come up with the best innovations, cool, cool, cool :)

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  5. Well, that should keep me out of trouble for an evening! Or two.

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  6. This is super, Thanks for sharing this M, I'll post them on my FB groups.

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  7. These are fabulous! Thank you for sharing with us :)

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  8. Wow, these are amazing Margaret. I've been a little scared of zendalas, and have only done a couple of Maria's pre-strung zendalas, but this looks like great fun. Thank you for sharing them with us!

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  9. Thank you for the links. Your spheres look so 3D-ish! I can't wait to try it. :)

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  10. Thanks Margaret, I'm gonna give it a try. Yours are awesome!!!

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  11. Oh Boy, This is going to be a wonderful adventure. They look amazing, like you could rub their belly's. I am definitely going to try this.

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  12. I LOVE this. . . . .gonna try it!

    thanks Margaret.

    maria

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  13. How fun! Can't wait to try your template. Snorr is kind of a tricky pattern anyway, can't imagine using it on a distorted grid. :o)

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  14. This is so much fun! I did one and now I will have to try some more. I am not sure how to send you the photo. But here is the link to my blog where I posted it. If you know how to pull the photo off, feel free to. I struggle with anything too techy - staplers, scissors, definitely computers, lol. Again thanks for sharing such a cool template.
    http://penstrokesbycathy.blogspot.com/2013/03/this-child-survived.html

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  15. Awesome! and thanks for the templates!

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  16. Very Cool thanks for sharing - can't wait to give it a try.

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  17. Thank you for sharing this.
    I will give it a try soon.

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  18. Hi Margret... where did you get the 2D template from.... I'm very interested in cooperating 2D in my designs, I love working with circles.... would you be interested in looking at my blog... I'm very new at all this and I'm interested in sharing my work with others http://judyszentanglecreations.blogspot.com.au/

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    1. Hi Judy, I've posted a link to my templates at the bottom of this post. The paragraph is all in green and the link is at the very beginning. Hope you can access it. Have fun!

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