Thursday, September 26, 2013

Circles and Squares

"The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet."
Andy Warhol

This week's Diva challenge was to do a duotangle (a Zentangle using two tangle patterns), with Knightsbridge (checkerboard) and Tipple (circles). A study in opposites, squares and circles. 

 My first try was a traditional Zentangle with some variations of Knightsbridge along with Tipple interspersed between the squares. But it was much too busy looking and just didn't live up to my expectations.

 So I decided to give it another try using a totally different approach. I began with the Auraknot pattern as my string and filled the bands with alternating rows of Knightsbridge and Tipple. After adding a little extra Tipple and some shading I was finished, and much more satisfied with this tile.



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17 comments:

  1. jeanchaneyazSeptember 27, 2013 at 9:46 AM

    Wow, this one looks complicated. Nice work.

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    1. Caren MlotSeptember 27, 2013 at 11:06 PM

      Thanks Jean. It's not really as complicated as it looks.

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  2. Annette P.-L. September 27, 2013 at 11:37 AM

    Wonderful interpretation of this challenge!

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  3. NancyDSeptember 27, 2013 at 12:58 PM

    Love your shape - very creative idea! NancyD

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    1. Caren MlotSeptember 27, 2013 at 11:07 PM

      Thanks Nancy. After doing the first one that I didn't like I needed to get more creative!

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  4. Tangle BrightSeptember 27, 2013 at 3:45 PM

    Your tile is amazing and you can tell how much work you put into it. Really nice!

    Keep on tanglin',

    Jacque Solomon
    www.tanglebright.com

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  5. Anne's tangle blogSeptember 27, 2013 at 5:02 PM

    This has been a lot of work I think. Very lovely

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  6. UnknownSeptember 27, 2013 at 10:53 PM

    This is very nice. I like the mixture of circles and squares

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  7. Caren MlotSeptember 27, 2013 at 11:05 PM

    Thanks Helen.

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  8. CeciliaBSeptember 28, 2013 at 1:57 PM

    Oh gosh what a perfect mix of tangles! Beautifully drawn!

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  9. Caren MlotSeptember 28, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    Thanks so much Cecilia!

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  10. Daniele OBrien Design, CZTSeptember 29, 2013 at 10:23 AM

    Great use of Auraknot with Knightsbridge, perfect solution!

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  11. Caren MlotSeptember 29, 2013 at 11:26 PM

    Thanks Daniele!

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