Wednesday, July 3, 2013

birdy feet


The tangle pattern chosen to use this week is a fairly simple one. It's called 'birdy feet'. I started looking at some of the other tiles others had done with this tangle and I was impressed. It started me thinking of ways I could use this tangle 'outside the box'. 

You can see in the picture below how I started to form a simple zendala using only the birdy feet tangle pattern. It grew and grew, and even flipped directions in the finished piece. I felt I had to add lots of embellishments though. I'm not sure if the result reminds me of an American Indian design or a Pennsylvania Dutch design. Whatever, it was fun.

It was all done with a blue Micron 05 pen. I decided not to add shading but to simply leave it as a graphic design.

I hope everyone has a Happy 4th of July!!!


13 comments:

  1. Such a clever idea! It looks beautiful

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  2. I really like what you did with this very simple tangle. Both zendalas are lovely, like the blue, and I guess the first one is probably my favorite by a little bit.

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  3. very cleaver, really like the out come

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  4. Wonderful zendala! I like the way you used Birdie Feet. Also blue on the white ground is lovely.

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  5. You turned Birdie Feet into a beautiful zendala! Very nice!

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  6. Wow you made a great zendala out of birdie feet. It almost looks like delicate needlework. Great!

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  7. It does look like needle work! I love this. It is so pretty and original.

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  8. I love the way you have thought outside the box with this tangle. Great job

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  9. This is really great, a wonderful idea and it turned out as a beautiful zendala!

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  10. Love the design and the way you used birdy feet.
    Not shading is very good, it now has a beautiful graphic look.

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  11. Wow! Very creative use of this tangle. Your creation of the zendala reminds me of the snowflakes that I saw in Sandy B's book . Looks great.

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  12. I'd like to have these to my table. Both are so wonderful. They are graphic and artistic, very personal tiles. I love them.

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  13. What a terrific, out-of-the-box job you did with this tangle. Very creative and it turned out absolutely lovely.

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