I’ve had a couple more goes at layering 3D mandalas. Making the layers sometimes causes some head scratching, but as I have been used to editing layers in other design work, it’s not all bad. The first two are based on my hand drawn mandalas, and the second is based on a photo of a real snowflake.
More repeating patterns for your zentangle inspired art, this time a Pretty Tile (I couldn’t think of a more descriptive name…).
If you care to remember, I have been drawing mandalas from scratch. I’ve also been expanding my skill set designing and cutting on my Glowforge laser cutter. I’ve seen several 3D mandalas online where the design has been cut from layers of wood, with variable complexity and some true artists whose work must have taken days, if not weeks, to do.
My first attempt at a layered mandala, using 1.5mm thick birch ply:
In another naming fiasco when the sequel bears no resemblance to the original, here’s Lozenge II, another tiled repeating pattern for your zentangle inspired artwork.
I thought this repeating tile pattern had a South American folk art feel to it with the geometric repeats. Part of an ongoing series of tangle patterns for zentangle inspired art (ZIA).
This second tiled pattern of my new series uses a combination of arcs which, when tiled, create lots of circles:
I know, it’s the C-word again, but in the crafting world, Christmas is in July. I think it is so that all the kit can be bought, put somewhere safe, searched for and then, in a final frantic rush, used. In my case, it’s because I have an idea or find inspiration that I have to do something with. It also helps that I am well prepared for a table at a local craft fair at the beginning of November.
This week’s offerings summarise a few hours work over the last month or so, featuring original artwork inspired by Pinterest browsing or from my own creativity.
It has been a long while since I have published any patterns. Here’s the first of a few that are designed to be tiled as squares to create a larger tangle pattern:
Next month’s art journal session’s theme is ‘Washi tape’. This versatile patterned translucent sticky tape is ideal for decorating pages, but can also be used as a masking tape. Here are two pages for your creative inspiration.
Our next Bible journaling session has ‘rubber stamping’ as its theme. It will be a departure from my normal style, and it took some time to find suitable stamps to match some verses and themes. When creating, I also chose to break my ‘rule’ of not working over the text areas of the page. I made sure, however, the work I did was transparent and the text still readable:
