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In the beginning there were only a few tangles. It had to start somewhere, after all. But just a few tangles were all that was needed. Rick and Maria decided that tangles would have names from the start. They would need an identity, and they had to be simple enough that you could create them in a few basic steps without the need for rulers, compasses or anything extra. They made sure that each student would be encouraged to reproduce a tangle in their own way, rather than trying to copy it exactly as they did. They accomplished this by leaving...
Today as we travel in the Zentangle Time Machine we are taking a brief stop at the point in time when we first introduced the concept of the Zentomology system of tangles. A few years into the birth of the Zentangle Method, the energy and interest in the art form was accelerating. The community was growing and with that came chatter. I don’t mean gossip-like chatter. I mean that Zentangle enthusiasts were talking about the Zentangle Method artform. It was like we suddenly had our own secret language. From the beginning we had names for tangles and names for the various...
Julie writes...If you have been with us for a while now, you have probably picked up on what some of our favorite tangles are. You may have noticed Maria's love for mooka, Rick's preference for paradox, or maybe you have heard my campaign to rename marasu, marasuju(lie). We all have our favorite tangles, our comfort tangles and our challenge tangles, but as we were talking about tangles this month, we realized that we also had our supporting tangles. A supporting tangle is one of those tangles we reach for to add support to our tiles. They help build composition and continuity in our...
