Spring string fling

It's spring here in my hemisphere, and the Diva's challenge this week is to use a spring shape as the string on a zentangle tile. It turns out to be quite a fun string, sometimes barely recognizable.

In the first piece I did I actually outlined the spring so it would remain visible. I added flowers in some corners (a variation of the tangle Deelish) for more of a spring feel.

Tangles: Crescent Moon, Coaster, Deelish (partial), Prestwood, Tipple

Next I wanted to disguise the curvy string, so I used a very angular tangle. I chose Ing, so (inadvertently) this is a spring string fling with Ing. :)

Tangles: Ing, Tipple, and a big spiral

I decided I should try one in color. I used Koi coloring brush pens, which are really fun and give lovely colors, but they're not lightfast so this one will be kept in a box. Because the Kois are not lightfast I also used some other non-archival pens, Recollections from Michaels. This has two spring strings, going in opposite directions. I only used two tangles; of course they're Printemps and Snaylz!

Next, a Renaissance tile. At one point I thought this was going to become Paisley shapes, but I turned the paper and suddenly it looked like something else. As I was putting copper/gold foil on another piece of art I thought why not add some here, too. It was a bit much and I toned it down with acrylic paint. Here, just beginning to sprout in spring... "Magic Beans" !

Tangles: Bunzo, Printemps (with sparkle), Tipple
Elements of Crescent Moon and Hibred