Spundalaz, the results

These are the zendala tiles that resulted from my attempt to begin some spundalaz. (If you missed that post, check here.) They are not what I had envisioned!

However, waste not want not.

The first one I completed is the top left tile. It ended up a lot more blue and I'm happy with it.

Next was the middle bottom tile. I like what looks like a crescent moon, and I particularly like it on the oatmeal paper I used behind it!

Then came a very green one (top right). I refer to it as the Irish one.

I'm least happy with this one. I'd begun Xyp in one ring, didn't like it, turned it into triangles. That was alright. I also didn't mind the multi-colors that got into it. There was something too low-key about it, so I added metal leaf. That was too high-key. I covered parts of the metal with black Identipen, which helped.

I almost didn't finish the fifth one (lower left). See how it's off-center? It was too weird. I had started with Dex around the perimeter, but it didn't go evenly and there was a .5 cm space left. Sheesh. Breathe. No mistakes, just opportunities. Hmmm. What if there were a crack in it? All I can do is quote Leonard Cohen, "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."

I lightened the edges of the crack. There's also Glaze ink in the outer ring's black squares.

An angled view.

Another angled view.

A close-up view.

If you're unfamiliar with the song, here is Leonard Cohen performing it.

Spundalaz, an attempt

I don't have a paint-spinner gadget, but I do have a small, plastic lazy susan in the kitchen cupboard. I decided to see if it would work to spin paint as the first step in creating spundalaz (brainchild of CZT Chris Titus).

Here's my set-up: a zendala tile with a bit of white sticky-tack in the middle of a lazy susan from the kitchen, inside a cheap square platter from the Dollar Store. I thought I'd better put the spinner in a box of some sort. I didn't want paint flying everywhere.

I need not have been concerned. There was no way I could spin that sucker fast enough to get the paint to spin and spread. Plus, it kept wandering around the square platter. So I spritzed the tile with water and held a wood skewer lightly against the paper to make the paint spread in circles.

No mistakes right? Just opportunities. It's a good life motto.

These are the five zendala tiles I got as a result. Four are white and one is tan (lower right; it looks much darker than it really is).

So, let's see what becomes of these. Come back tomorrow for the results!