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View ArticleTangle or Tangleation? – playing with lines and seeds
In advance of our upcoming New England CZT gathering and “Tangle Hunt” here in southern Vermont this week I thought I’d do some advance pattern deconstruction. Ever since Rick and Maria came up with...
View ArticleZendala Dare “Don’t” (or was that really a “Do”?)
The past week’s Zendala Dare over at fellow CZT #7 Erin Koetz Olson’s The Bright Owl blog turned out to be an interesting challenge for me to do. Erin called it a “Zen-don’t” and issued a challenge...
View ArticleA rug, a greyhound and a new tangle
Visiting Ann’s family in eastern MA, I took this photo of our greyhound, Onyx, laying on the living room rug. The pattern on the rug framed her really well, even though she’s giving me that ‘I want to...
View ArticleDiscover Zentangle Workshop at Gallery at the VAULT 3/30 Springfield VT
Curious about this thing called “Zentangle”? Think you can’t draw? Think you CAN draw? Come learn a gloriously relaxing and fun method of dancing with pen and paper, NO SKILLS NEEDED, other than the...
View ArticleFibonacci Zentangle Tiles
In January I was in the Atlanta, GA area visiting family, and while there arranged to get together with some other local Certified Zentangle Teachers. Our wider international community of CZTs makes...
View ArticleSquares and Frames and Tiles, oh my!
It’s funny how the simplest of Zentangle string ideas can help nudge out that extra zap of creative spark that’s been lurking dormant. So it was this week, when I first looked at the the diva’s...
View ArticleMay 2013 Zentangle workshops in Putney and Springfield, VT
Saturday, May 4: Intro to Zentangle for Counselors and Clinicians. 1:00pm to 3:30pm, Putney Friends Meeting, Route 5, Putney, VT. Learn the Zentangle method of drawing as mindfulness tool, with special...
View ArticleTangle Time: “Kooba”
If you’ve been tangling for a while, you can’t help but to notice all the wonderful patterns in fabrics and fabric samples, whether in shops or online. I especially love looking at patterns from other...
View ArticleZen Mandalas 101 in Putney 6/15/2013
Zen Mandalas 101** Saturday, June 15, 10-1pm Putney Cares Barn, 54 Kimball Hill Rd, Putney, VT $45/pp includes materials (Please pre-register in advance!) Tangling meets symmetry/asymmetry! Come...
View ArticleThe Tangled Labyrinth
Mindfulness Labyrinth If you’ve ever walked a labyrinth path, then you know how meditative and soothing an experience it can be. And if you’re reading this post you may already know about how relaxing...
View ArticleThe Tangled Labyrinth, Part II
It’s a dangerous thing to play with labyrinths as part of my morning pre-work ritual of drawing. It was very easy to spend an hour or so more than my alloted drawing meditation time. In my continued...
View ArticleBorder tangles and greyhound collars
Just a quickie post this week.. My entry in this week’s Diva Challenge is also a sample to show my after school program kids next week, as we’ll be working with scratch art.. Scratch Art card This...
View ArticleBlack and White and Gold Tangling
Black and White….. and Gold, oh my! I’ve been having fund playing with tangling on our black tiles this week, Getting ready for our workshops at Gallery at the VAULT in Springfield, VT this...
View ArticleTangled Paper Jewelry in Putney: November 16th
I showed a preview in my last post of some of the goodies we’ll be making in the Tangled Pendants and Jewelry Workshop on Nov. 16 (just a few spots left in this one)… Tangled Black Paper Beads This is...
View ArticleA ‘Popcorny’ Tangle
Happy New Year! It’s been a busy time for us since we last posted, so I thought I’d start the new year off with some new tangles…. I love looking for and at patterns everywhere in my world, real and...
View ArticleSpring 2014 and a new Tangle
It’s been a looooooong winter for most of us in the northeast. A long, cold winter. So much so, that getting out has been difficult, and so much drawing and creating happened here chez nous, at ‘little...
View ArticleTangled Jewelry and Gardens for Mother’s Day Weekend
I’m teaching another round of my Watercolor Jewelry Workshop… perfect for tangling opportunities… on MAY 10th, the day before Mother’s Day at a very special place: BeezInk Studio in Warner, New...
View ArticleZentangle, Old Books and Gelatin Prints, oh my!
I’ve been a little obsessed lately playing with a “Gelli Plate®” that bought a couple of months ago at a workshop in NH. I have been LOVING playing with monotype printing, and the Gelli Plate is a...
View ArticleZen Mandalas 101 in Putney 6/15/2013
Zen Mandalas 101** Saturday, June 15, 10-1pm Putney Cares Barn, 54 Kimball Hill Rd, Putney, VT $45/pp includes materials (Please pre-register in advance!) Tangling meets symmetry/asymmetry! Come...
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