The second of four tangle patterns based on centuries old Islamic art. This one is from the carved stone threshold of a pair of massive gates from the palace of Shalmaneser III at Balawat, dating from 858-824 BC. The cross hatching should make the ‘petals’ appear like pine cones, a common feature of a lot of the patterns, particularly the carved ones. The lilies between the pine cones are an example of another regularly repeated motif.
This is the first of four tangle patterns based on Islamic design, centuries old, gleaned during a visit to the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. This pattern comes from a carved design from an Assyrian palace at Nimrud, from about 865-860 BC.
So called as it is part of the stone carved facade of the Natural History Museum in London, and is flanked by two monkeys. Alternate the flower designs along the rows and columns. Adding the monkeys is an optional extra!
I had a play with a broad Signo white pigment pen and a page in my 12×12″ Derwent black page sketchbook… and this is what happened over around three evenings:
I particularly like the ripples – will be doing more of those in the future! The white Signo ink is very opaque, though pens seem to vary in respect of smooth ink flow. I’ve found from experience that if a pen is misbehaving, it’s better to chuck it away. Not necessarily the most cost effective way of managing it, but far less frustrating!
The final carved pillar inspired tangle pattern following my trip to the Natural History Museum in London. This one doesn’t make any effort to weave the curved mouldings – it might be good to try if you have the inclination. Please note the offset ends in step 4, which helps the placement of the curves that are ‘underneath’.
I’ve not done a tangle for a while, despite my production of the various patterns! This is one using an islamic style design as the outline, and forms part of my college development work for my final major project for the course. It’s 17.5cm x 19cm, and took around 2.5 hours to complete.
Another tangle pattern I’ve based on photographs taken in the main hall of the Natural History Museum in London. It looks better if the horizontal and diagonal lines don’t cross the double vertical lines – but it takes much longer to draw!
This the second of my Natural History Museum inspired patterns, with this also the second that reminded me of the husk of a pineapple. I’ve not made any effort to weave the diagonals, but it might look good if you want to have a go…
This is the first of a series of step-by-step patterns based on the carved pillars I photographed in the Natural History Museum, London. There are two that reminded me of the prickly outside of a pineapple, this being the first…
This is my 100th published tangle pattern. It’s a step-by-step breakdown of a carved wood panel in one of the side rooms on the ground floor of the Liberty department store, off Regent Street in London. It’s quite an intricate, full pattern, but builds easily.
In recognition of my 100th tangle pattern (did I mention that yet?), I’ve got five limited edition drypoint prints of my tangle pattern ‘Rokpool’ to give away. Each will be numbered and signed by the artist (me). If you’d like the chance to win one of these unique prints, leave a comment below indicating what you will do with the print if you win, and sign up for email updates for my blog if you haven’t done so already. Entries will close at midnight GMT on 18th January, and I will choose my favourite top five commentators on 19th January 2013.
This is one of the print editions – each is a unique print of the same engraving plate and will be framed as shown (though see caveat below!). The print itself is 6.5 inches square. I’ve engraved, printed and mounted them myself, so you will be receiving a totally one-off piece of artwork. The giveaway is open to all, international or local, though I do reserve the right to send an unmounted print if the postage turns out to be prohibitively expensive!
And if there’s any of my tangle patterns you’d like a similar print of, let me know – I’m very happy to take commissions 😉
And you’ll be pleased to know there are more tangle patterns on their way – I’ll be publishing one each Saturday for the next few weeks.
UPDATE 19-JAN-13:
The lucky winners have been selected, and they are: Nana, Joyce Ford, Melinda Butcher, Sandy F and Kris. Congratulations, and watch your email inbox for details on how to claim 🙂