I've been trying to get a handle on a new zentangle technique called tranzending. Essentially it's a method of laying one tangle over another, often giving a watery or glass-like effect. You can watch Rick and Maria demonstrate and chat about tranzending on
this Youtube video.
I raided my stash of completed tiles and chose several to experiment with. On the first one I re-used the tangle
Fleurette and did it over the entire tile.
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| Tangles: Drobbles, Fleurette, Knightsbridge, Spinning, Tipple |
On the second I reproduced one quarter the flower in a corner. I rather like both of these.
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| Tangles: Finery, Lotus Pods |
Next I tried placing one large
Artoo over a tile that included Artoo in the original tangles.
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| Tangles: Artoo, Lotus Pods, Pearlz, Tipple |
I tried a larger
Fengle over a smaller one. Much as I love this tangle for its welcoming of other tangles and more detail, I think that what's underneath here is too intricate to take an overlay well. There's just too much going on.
I had a fairly intricate tile, but it was the same tangle all over. I decided to try a simple tangle over it, and chose Echoism. This worked quite well I think.
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| Tangles: Black Pearlz, (pinched) Assunta, Echoism |
Looking through some other work I realized that I'd done tranzending on a tile received from Lynn Mead in the Travelling Tangles project on Facebook. Maybe my lesson here is KISS ("Keep it Simple, Stupid"). :)
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| Tangles: Florz, Tipple |
I'll definitely be trying this technique again.
