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STRINGS GUIDE Volume 3: Strings 101-150
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The Importance of Strings © Linda Farmer, CZT – 2013 - All Rights Reserved
This is based on the article found on TanglePatterns.com on the “TUTORIALS” tab on the pink alphabetic menu bar. It was originally published May 23, 2012 when I added the Strings feature as a community resource. One of the many wonderful things about the Zentangle® Method is it intentionally eliminates the thinking, planning, and decision-making that often stymies creativity. We don’t have to consider things like: “What color will I use?” No decision required – in Zentangle, we use black and white. “How big will I make it?” “What support should I use?” No decision required – the size and support is already provided by the 3.5 x 3.5-inch tile of high quality paper. “What will I draw?” No-thing. Zentangle is an ensemble of abstract patterns created one deliberate stroke at a time. Along the same lines, lightly penciled Strings are an integral part of the Zentangle method. They are always done in pencil so they disappear into your completed Zentangle. As Zentangle co-founder Maria Thomas writes, “This allows you to use it when you want … and not use it when the opportunity to do something fun comes up. Like blending tangles, one to another, or morphing them, Escher-like. And it creates a more feathered boundary, a more magical look. If you create your string in pen, this opportunity disappears, and your Zentangle has a more ‘coloring book’ look. Which is fine, if that was your intention.” Strings provide the foundation that helps us create our Zentangles without thinking or planning. “Strings provide an elegance of limits within which our creativity can flow and expand without fear of failure.” (Beginning Zentangle booklet in the Official Zentangle Kit.) You can easily recreate the strings from this eBook on a tile. Use them as a starting point, you don’t have to be exact. The images are enhanced to show the string, but you should use a light touch with your pencil. If any string seems complicated to you, print it out and trace it onto your tile. You can use a wax-free transfer paper like Saral, or simply use the impression from your tracing to locate the string and lightly restate the lines with your pencil. Use any tangles you like. Use any string over and over again with different tangles. Use it with only one tangle – a monotangle. Usually each string will have many options. And remember, there’s no right-side-up in Zentangle. *** And now, let’s get on with the Strings. On the next pages there are thumbnails of all 50 strings and at the end of each row the page number listed indicates where you can find the full-size traceable verison of each. Enjoy, and Happy Tangling!
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TanglePatterns Strings 101 to 150
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The full tile-size, traceable version of each String can be found on the pages shown on the right in pink.
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TanglePatterns Strings 117 - 136
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TanglePatterns Strings 137 - 150
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TanglePatterns Mini-String Organizer
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TanglePatterns Strings 101-104
YAMIT FRIDMAN
ANNE MARKS
GRACE McINTYRE
NANCY NEWLIN, CZT
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TanglePatterns Strings 105-108
BARBARA FINWALL
KIM ENGLISH
LILY MOON
JOAN DELONY
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TanglePatterns Strings 109-112
DAVID RAE
BETH SNODERLY
MARIA VENNEKENS, CZT
YAMIT FRIDMAN
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TanglePatterns Strings 113-116
MELODIE HAMPSHIRE
DOROTHY ALLISON
GRACE MCINTYRE
Sandy Hunter, CZT
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TanglePatterns Strings 117-120
SABRINA CROFT
BARBARA FINWALL
LINDA FINE, CZT
BETH SNODERLY
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TanglePatterns Strings 121-124
DIDIER GERVY
ADELE BRUNO, CZT
KIM ENGLISH
NANCY NEWLIN, CZT
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TanglePatterns Strings 125-128
CATHY CLIFFORD
JUDI PALUMBO
LILY MOON
MARGARET BREMNER, CZT
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TanglePatterns Strings 129-132
NANCY SMITH
Henrike bratz
Cat trask
JANE DICKINSON, CZT
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TanglePatterns Strings 133-136
BARBARA FINWALL
GRACE MCINTYRE
BETH SNODERLY
BARBARA MORRISON
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TanglePatterns Strings 137-140
LINDA FARMER, CZT
LIANNE WOODS, CZT
BARBARA FINWALL
SABRINA CROFT
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TanglePatterns Strings 141-144
JUDI PALUMBO
JANE DICKINSON, CZT
BETH SNODERLY
ANGELA WERNER, CZT
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TanglePatterns Strings 145-148
SANDRA SCHUBert
LILY MOON
JUDI PALUMBO
bARBARA FINWALL
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TanglePatterns Strings 149-150
ADELE BRUNO, CZT
GRACE MCINTYRE
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TanglePatterns String Organizer
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TanglePatterns - More String Ideas Several of my CZT colleagues have suggested additional creative ways to come up with strings. Here are just a few: Some time ago Vicki Murray wrote a post about overcoming what she terms “String Block”. Here are the ideas she suggests:
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Select a shape and repeat it, then tangle the shapes Use a pre-strung Zentangle tile (available in TanglePatterns Store) Have a Zentangle partner draw a string for you and you draw one for them
Molly Hollibaugh suggests superimposing a grid over the entire string and then use different tangles in each section. Maria Vennekens suggests drawing 2 more or less parallel straight, curved or random lines then turn your tile and repeat those shapes across the previous ones. Margaret Bremner suggests: • use two pencils fastened together with a rubber band to create a string. • use a letter of the alphabet, and this suggestion is seconded by Pat Ferguson. Adele Bruno adds, “don’t forget numbers”! • draw adjacent and/or intersection lines of loops across your tile (a loopy string!) Suzanne McNeill’s Zentangle booklets frequently suggest using a stencil as the basis for a string. Extrapolating from that idea, you could use anything you’ve got in your kitchen cupboard to trace around for a string - glass bottoms, cookie cutters, odd-shaped utensils ... get the idea? Laura Harms, aka The Diva, has had several string challenges including: • Eyes Wide Shut (close your eyes and draw a string) Challenge 2. Michele Beauchamp says, “Actually I think that when drawing a string on a tile, keeping your eyes closed is one of the best way to do it!” • Non Dominatix (use your non-dominant hand) Challenge 13
CHOOSING RANDOM STRINGS If you’d like to have strings selected randomly for you, use the RANDOM TANGLE SELECTOR in the left sidebar of the site. Simply type in the start and end numbers you want the string selected from, then press the CHOOSE button.
SUBMIT YOUR STRINGS I’m always looking for new strings to add to our resource. Visit this link to download a template for submitting your strings: http://tanglepatterns.com/freebies/TanglePatterns_Strings.pdf . Using the template makes all the Strings consistent in size and saves me image processing time. The link for the template is also available on every String page on the site.
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With Many Thanks to the Contributors Allison, Dorothy..................... 114 Bratz, Henrike....................... 130 Bremner, Margaret.................. 128 Bruno, Adele......................... 122, 150 Clifford, Cathy....................... 125 Croft, Sabrina....................... 117, 140 Delony, Joan......................... 108 Dickinson, Jane..................... 132, 142 English, Kim.......................... 106, 123 Farmer, Linda........................ 137 Fine, Linda........................... 119 Finwall, Barbara.................... 105, 118, 133, 139, 148 Fridman, Yamit...................... 101, 112 Gervy, Didier......................... 121 Hampshire, Melodie................ 113 Hunter, Sandy........................ 116 Marks , Anne......................... 102 McIntyre, Grace..................... 103, 115, 133, 149 Moon, Lily............................ 107, 127, 146 Morrison, Barbara................... 136 Newlin, Nancy....................... 104, 124 Palumbo, Judiellen................. 126, 141, 147 Rae, David........................... 109 Schubert, Sandra.................... 145 Smith, Nancy........................ 129 Snoderly, Beth....................... 110, 120, 135, 143 Trask, Cat............................ 131 Vennekens, Maria................... 111 Werner, Angela...................... 144 Woods, Lianne....................... 138
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Thank You! for supporting the sustainability of TanglePatterns with your purchase of Volume 3 of the TanglePatterns.com STRINGS GUIDE. Thanks to the financial support of tanglers like you, I am able to publish new tangles every week and add new Zentangle resources like the Strings and tutorials, making them freely available to the entire community. Don’t miss a pattern! Be sure to sign up for email notices of new tangles. Visit the “About > Subscribe to Free TanglePatterns Emails” page for more information. If you don’t have a copy of my TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE, visit the STORE > EBOOKS page for more information. The 2015 Edition contains hundreds of tangles for you to enjoy and it is a great reference for new tanglers.
Cheers! Linda
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eBooks available from TanglePatterns Visit the STORE tab on the menu bar at the top of any page and select the EBOOKS tab
BEGINNER’S GUIDE - including French and Spanish versions
TANGLE GUIDE - For collectors, all FOUR editions
2012 Edition contains ALL tangleS from 5/1/2010 - 12/31/2011
2013 Edition contains all tangles from 5/1/2010 - 12/31/2012
2014 Edition contains all tangles from 5/1/2010 - 12/31/2013
2015 Edition contains all tangles from 5/1/2010 - 12/31/2014
STRINGS GUIDE
VOLUME 1 - STRINGS 1-50
VOLUME 2 - STRINGS 51-100
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VOLUME 3 - STRINGS 101-150
