Monday, July 29, 2013

Challenge 129: String Theory XXV - String #4

So nice to have the day off and have time to do my weekly challenge.  After a very soggy weekend in Saugatuck, MI nice to be able to have a nice day to tangle with the windows open.  I decided to try a new way to choose tangles for this challenge and created a random selection using tanglepatterns.com.  By using my iPad I brought up the website and then randomly clicked on a letter A-Z at the top and then randomly chose one of the patterns that came up for the letter.  I sometimes have students ask me about how to choose tangles and do I balance them, etc.  Finding a random way to choose tangles is a great way to take away the pressure you can sometimes feel to choose "the right tangles"  Give it a try and see how it works for you.

Tangles: Loblolly, Queen's Crown, Dex, Japonica, Good Joss, Ninja Stars

Happy Tangling!

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10 comments:

  1. MySpecialistJuly 29, 2013 at 11:28 AM

    I like the black-on-white white-on-black mix. I also choose patterns randomly similar to your style.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 29, 2013 at 10:58 PM

    Great work! I like the pattern in the upper left corner and I think I've never seen it before. Did you create this pattern?

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    1. Lara WilliamsJuly 30, 2013 at 6:45 AM

      The upper left corner has a tangelation of loblolly which you can find on tanglepatterns.com.

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  3. Shelly BeauchJuly 30, 2013 at 2:35 AM

    Dex is one of my favourites, beaut mix of tangles!

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  4. AnonymousJuly 30, 2013 at 8:25 AM

    The upper left corner reminds me of a little blanket of snow.

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  5. CathyJuly 30, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    Sometimes I will randomly choose also. Once I numbered all the tangles in my notebook, then used a random number generator to choose. I love how your tile turned out. It's beautiful.

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  6. Annette P.-L. July 30, 2013 at 12:32 PM

    Lovely tile! Nice choice of tangles. Great job!

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  7. tanglewithlinda.wordpress.comJuly 30, 2013 at 3:29 PM

    I really like the boldness of this and some unusual tangles you chose.

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  8. Anne's tangle blogJuly 30, 2013 at 10:55 PM

    Your tile is great, I like the boldness.

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  9. DidischJuly 31, 2013 at 9:12 PM

    A beauty!! I see I have used some same tangles as you did like the flowers to fill a space, and the Queen's crown around the loop. And yet it is so different. I like that part of these challenges, we all have the same basic starting point and so many creative outcomes in al the drawings.

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