More Zentangle®

I thought I'd share more of my Zentangle® work with you.  When I began doing Zentangle, I quickly became obsessed with it and wanted to incorporate it into other forms of artwork that I already do.  A natural place to try Zentangle was with my gourds (another obsession of mine!).

I decided to use a small piece of a broken gourd to experiment with the Zentangle technique.  Since the surface of a gourd is smooth and tan colored, often with areas of discoloration from the mold that forms during the drying out process, I decided to cover the surface with paper.

I hand dyed tissue paper and glued it onto the surface of the gourd in random patterns, creating a melange of colors.  Once the paper was good an dry, I used the same Micron pens I used for Zentangle on drawing paper and created my designs on the piece of gourd.

Here's what I made in that first experiment...

My Zentangle Life

I was so pleased with this experiment, that I added wire and bead edging and named the piece.  I decided it would be the first of a series of wall talismans that I'd make.

Here's the next talisman I made, also from a free-form piece of gourd...

Peace and Love

This talisman, "Peace and Love" was made using the same technique as my first "experiment".    Since then I've made several more talismans...had to stop making them, because I ran out of wall space on which to hang them!  So then I moved on to doing Zentangle on large gourds...more about them in a later post!

Cheers,

Deborah